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Storm blows down trees in west Oak Ridge

Posted at 5:03 pm May 19, 2013
By John Huotari 6 Comments

Tree Falls on House

A large white oak fell on a home in west Oak Ridge on Sunday afternoon, damaging a garage and deck railing.

Trees fell on several roadways and at least one home in west Oak Ridge during a short, severe storm Sunday afternoon.

There were reports of hail in some parts of East Tennessee, and the storm brought high winds. In Oak Ridge, trees fell on or along Gum Hollow Road, Mason Lane, and Westover Drive.

Tree Falls on Westover Drive

A tree fell on power lines and across Westover Drive during a short, severe storm Sunday afternoon.

Roadways such as Wisconsin and Oklahoma avenues were covered in small branches.

A large white oak fell on a home in west Oak Ridge, damaging a garage and deck railing. No one was hurt.

Sharon Holmes was in the home and watched through a window as the tree fell. She said it been raining hard and very windy before the tree fell.

Trees on Gum Hollow Road

Three trees fell on Gum Hollow Road at the Oak Ridge Country Club.

Another large tree fell across power lines on Westover Drive.

A few residents reported that they had lost power, although it wasn’t immediately clear how widespread the outages were.

Filed Under: Top Stories, Weather Tagged With: Gum Hollow Road, high winds, Mason Lane, Oak Ridge, Oklahoma Avenue, storm, Westover Drive, Wisconsin Avenue

Comments

  1. TJ Garland says

    May 19, 2013 at 5:28 pm

    One fell across Florida also

    Reply
    • johnhuotari says

      May 19, 2013 at 6:29 pm

      I didn’t hear about that one. Seems like most of the reports were coming from west Oak Ridge.

      Reply
  2. Sam Hopwood says

    May 19, 2013 at 7:14 pm

    The power was off in Greenview from 1845 to 1900.

    Reply
    • Sam Hopwood says

      May 19, 2013 at 7:23 pm

      Correct that….1645 70 1900… Sorry.

      Reply
  3. Sarah Johnson says

    May 19, 2013 at 9:00 pm

    A tree fell on my sister in law’s house in the Woodlands also.

    Reply
  4. John Huotari says

    May 19, 2013 at 9:20 pm

    Thanks for the updates, everyone. It sounds like the damage was worse than I thought.

    Reply

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