1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 22, 6:30 PM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 730 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005 .DISCUSSION...CONVECTION FORMING OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE MRX CWA THIS EVENING. ATMOSPHERE BECOMING INCREASING UNSTABLE WITH AN INFLUX OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND STRONG LIFT MOVING IN IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT. THIS WILL ALLOW CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH POTENTIAL FOR SOME OF THESE STORMS TO BECOME STRONG...POSSIBLE EVEN SEVERE. THE FRONTAL PASSAGE IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE MRX CWA OVERNIGHT. BEHIND THE FRONT SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE AND MUCH COLDER AIR WILL PUSH IN. WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND THE FRONT...BECOMING BREEZY THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE AREA WITH LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 52 56 34 56 / 70 30 10 10 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 50 53 34 50 / 80 60 40 20 OAK RIDGE, TN 50 52 34 51 / 80 60 30 20 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 50 52 34 46 / 80 60 60 30 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...A FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY NIGHT FOR CHEROKEE AND CLAY COUNTIES. TN...A FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY NIGHT FOR THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...PARTS OF NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AND THE MOUNTAINS OF TENNESSEE. VA...A FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY NIGHT FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. && MJB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 600 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-230930- ANDERSON-BLEDSOE-BLOUNT SMOKY MTN-BRADLEY-CAMPBELL-CHEROKEE- CLAIBORNE-CLAY-COCKE SMOKY MTN-EAST POLK-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-HAMILTON- HANCOCK-HAWKINS-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-KNOX-LEE-LOUDON-MARION-MCMINN- MEIGS-MORGAN-NORTH SEVIER-NORTHWEST CARTER-NORTHWEST COCKE- NORTHWEST GREENE-NORTHWEST MONROE-NW BLOUNT-RHEA-ROANE-RUSSELL- SCOTT TN-SCOTT VA-SEQUATCHIE-SEVIER SMOKY MTN-SOUTHEAST CARTER- SOUTHEAST GREENE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-SULLIVAN-UNICOI-UNION- WASHINGTON TN-WASHINGTON VA-WEST POLK-WISE- 600 PM EDT (500 PM CDT) FRI APR 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE (TONIGHT)... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS FOR MOST OF EAST TENNESSEE. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS IS ALSO EXPECTED FOR NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...AS WELL AS CHEROKEE AND CLAY COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA.. AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT APPROACH THE REGION THIS EVENING...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO MOVE ACROSS THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU BY 7 PM CDT...WITH STORMS MOVING INTO THE VALLEY OF EAST TENNESSEE BY 9 PM EDT. FROM THERE...THEY WILL SPREAD TO NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND ALSO CLAY AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA...BETWEEN 10 PM AND MIDNIGHT EDT. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS FROM THESE STORMS...WITH A WIDESPREAD OUTBREAK OF DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. PLEASE REPORT ANY DAMAGE FROM THESE STORMS TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES SO THEY CAN PASS THIS INFORMATION ON TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)... FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE PASSAGE OF THE STRONG COLD FRONT. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL CLOSE TO OR BELOW FREEZING ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION ON SATURDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST TENNESSEE. IN ADDITION...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...MAINLY ABOVE 2500 FEET. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS EVENING. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MRX. TG/SP
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
955 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005
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0949 PM HAIL BYBEE 36.04N 83.18W
04/22/2005 0.75 INCH COCKE TN AMATEUR RADIO
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1024 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005
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0955 PM HAIL MOORESBURG 36.35N 83.23W
04/22/2005 1.00 INCH HAWKINS TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1039 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005
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1035 PM HAIL SULLIVAN GARDENS 36.48N 82.60W
04/22/2005 0.88 INCH SULLIVAN TN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1044 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005
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1000 PM HAIL 5 SW GREENEVILLE 36.11N 82.88W
04/22/2005 1.00 INCH GREENE TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1045 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005
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1020 PM TSTM WND DMG GREENEVILLE 36.17N 82.82W
04/22/2005 GREENE TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES DOWN
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1054 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005
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1047 PM TSTM WND DMG LIBERTY 36.14N 82.62W
04/22/2005 WASHINGTON TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES DOWN
&&The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:52 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
One tree down in Bluff City on Dry Branch Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, April 2005
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5442950.