1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 6, 6:15 PM EST, 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 715 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2005 .DISCUSSION...SCATTERED CONVECTION CONTINUES OVER THE MRX CWA THIS EVENING. AREAL COVERAGE SHOULD DECREASE THROUGH SUNSET...BUT THE AIR MASS SHOULD REMAIN AT LEAST MARGINALLY UNSTABLE AND WITH AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TO OUR SOUTH....NUMEROUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IN PLACE FROM EARLIER CONVECTION AND THE REMNANTS OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO OUR NORTH...EXPECTED A FEW ISOLATED CELL REMAINING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ALL HANDLED WELL IN THE CURRENT FORECAST...WILL UPDATE LATER TO REMOVE EVENING WORDING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 70 85 69 86 / 40 60 60 40 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 67 83 67 83 / 30 60 30 40 OAK RIDGE, TN 68 84 68 84 / 30 60 30 40 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 64 82 64 82 / 30 60 60 40 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC......NONE. TN......NONE. VA......NONE. && MJB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 400 AM EDT SAT AUG 6 2005 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-070800- 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- 400 AM EDT (300 AM CDT) SAT AUG 6 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE (TODAY AND TONIGHT)... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE BEST CHANCES WILL BE ACROSS NORTHEAST PARTS OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU INTO SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA... ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT. MOUNTAINOUS AREAS ALONG THE TENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA STATE LINE WILL ALSO BE FAVORED LOCATIONS FOR INITIAL DEVELOPMENT. MOST STORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY WEST OR NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH OR LESS ...AND MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES. ALSO...ISOLATED STRONG STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OF 50 MPH OR GREATER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)... THERE WILL GENERALLY BE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MRX. TG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
603 PM EDT SAT AUG 06 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0525 PM TSTM WND DMG GREENEVILLE 36.17N 82.82W
08/06/2005 GREENE TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROOF TORN OFF A HOUSE IN GREENEVILLE. ALSO...NUMEROUS
TREES DOWNED COUNTYWIDE BY THIS SECOND STORM.
&&
GRCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
614 PM EDT SAT AUG 06 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 W BYBEE 36.04N 83.22W
08/06/2005 COCKE TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN AND AROUND RANKIN.
REPORTED BY DISPATCH.
&&
GRCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
636 PM EDT SAT AUG 06 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0610 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 SE CLINTON 36.05N 84.08W
08/06/2005 ANDERSON TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN AND AROUND CLAXTON. REPORTED BY
DISPATCH.
&&
GRCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
652 PM EDT SAT AUG 06 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0605 PM TSTM WND DMG MORRISTOWN 36.21N 83.30W
08/06/2005 HAMBLEN TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
ONE TREE DOWN ON JOE STEVENS RD. REPORTED BY DISPATCH.
&&
GRCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
713 PM EDT SAT AUG 06 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM TSTM WND DMG WHITE PINE 36.10N 83.30W
08/06/2005 JEFFERSON TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
ONE TREE DOWN IN WHITE PINE. REPORTED BY DISPATCH.
&&
GRCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
738 PM EDT SAT AUG 06 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0608 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SE WHITE PINE 36.08N 83.27W
08/06/2005 JEFFERSON TN TRAINED SPOTTER
ONE TREE DOWN ALONG LEADVALE RD. NEAR WHITE PINE. SECOND
TRE FOR THIS WARNING. REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
&&
GRCThe Knoxville radar (KMRX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:51 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees down countywide.
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
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: 5470637.