1 strong 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 Aug 30, 2:40 AM EST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 340 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005 .DISCUSSION... CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KATRINA NEAR TUPELO MISSISSIPPI WITH WINDS AROUND 30 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH BEING REPORTED AROUND NORTHERN MS AND WEST TN. THE CENTER OF KATRINA APPEARS TO BE MOVING A LITTLE FASTER AND LITTLE FARTHER EAST THAN EARLIER FORECASTED...AND THE 00Z MODEL RUNS HAVE INITIALIZED AROUND 30 MILES TOO FAR SOUTH OF THE ACTUAL CENTER. THUS...WILL TREND THE FORECAST TOWARD A FASTER OVERALL MOVEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM COMPARED TO THE MODELS AND PREVIOUS FORECAST. OVERALL..THE MODELS APPEAR TO BE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE DETAILS OF KATRINA FOR THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. SURFACE WINDS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VALLEY AREAS CONTINUE TO BE LIGHT THIS MORNING...BUT VAD WIND PROFILES FROM KMRX AND KHTX INDICATE WINDS OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS AROUND 3000 FT AGL. WINDS AT CHA AND CSV INCREASED TO AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH AS THE RAIN BANDS MOVED THROUGH AND LOWERED THE STRONGER WINDS ALOFT. WILL PLAN TO CONTINUE THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY TODAY AND MENTION THAT THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE REACHED ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND IN THE VALLEY AREAS DURING THE STRONGER RAIN BANDS. WILL CONTINUE THE FLOOD WATCH FOR THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...SOUTHEAST TN AND SOUTHWEST NC THROUGH TONIGHT...WHERE RAIN COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SATELLITE IMAGES AND REGIONAL RADAR MOSAICS REVEAL DRIER AREA CIRCULATING AROUND THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE CENTER OF KATRINA...SO THINK THAT RAIN WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH IN COVERAGE BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME MAINLY SCATTERED IN NATURE BY TONIGHT. HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE SHOWERS UNTIL THE SYSTEM COMPLETELY EXITS THE AREA TONIGHT. WITH A STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW...THINK A STRONG UPSLOPE/DOWNSLOPE COMPONENT TO THE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TODAY...BUT SLOWLY END TONIGHT AS WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST WITH KATRINA MOVING NORTH OF THE REGION. THIS SOUTHERLY FLOW SHOULD CREATE STRONG DOWNSLOPE FLOW ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VALLEY AREAS TODAY...WHICH SHOULD NOTICEABLY LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IN THESE AREAS. A SHORT WAVE THEN ROTATES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA BEHIND KATRINA ON WEDNESDAY... PRODUCING A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS. AS WITH MOST TROPICAL SYSTEMS...INSTABILITY WILL CONTINUE TO BE WEAK THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AND WILL PLAN TO MENTION MAINLY SHOWERS WITH SCATTERED TSTORMS. IN ADDITION...STRONG HELICITY VALUES ARE PROGGED TO MOVE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TODAY...SO THINK THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF ISOLATED WEAK TORNADOES FOR MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA. ONCE PAST WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR AND DRY CONDITIONS RETURN WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 81 69 86 65 / 100 50 20 20 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 83 69 84 63 / 100 60 20 20 OAK RIDGE, TN 81 69 85 63 / 100 60 20 20 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 83 68 83 60 / 100 70 30 20 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC......FLOOD WATCH TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR NCZ060-061. LAKE WIND ADVISORY TODAY FOR NCZ060-061. TN......FLOOD WATCH TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR TNZ012-013-035-036-067- 081>088-098>102. LAKE WIND ADVISORY TODAY FOR TNZ012>014-035>041-067>074-081>088- 098>102. VA......NONE. && DMG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 600 AM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-301000- 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 AM EDT (500 AM CDT) MON AUG 29 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE (TODAY AND TONIGHT)... THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE KATRINA ARE EXPECTED TO TRACK ACROSS MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT...WITH ITS WINDS QUICKLY WEAKENING AFTER IT MAKES LANDFALL TODAY. HOWEVER...BREEZY WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IN ADDITION... ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS MOST OF EAST TENNESSEE AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. HEAVY RAINFALL LEADING TO POSSIBLE FLOODING WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... THE REMNANTS OF KATRINA WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE ON TUESDAY...WITH BREEZY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MRX. DMG
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees and powerlines down due to the remnants of Hurricane Katrina. A school bus was trapped on the roadway by a fallen tree
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, August 2005
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