Hail in Tennessee, December 28, 2005

Name: Hail in Tennessee, December 28, 2005
Start: 2005-12-28T18:05
End: 2005-12-28T18:15
Location: Tennessee

December 28, 2005 · NWS MRX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
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Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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.

What forecasters said that day

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 Dec 28, 5:36 PM EST, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 5:36 PM EST, 29 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
536 PM EST WED DEC 28 2005

SEVERE WEATHER DISCUSSION...AXIS OF UNSTABLE AIR CONTINUES TO SUPPLY
CONVECTIVE UPDRAFTS AT THIS HOUR.  WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER
60S THROUGHOUT MOST OF EAST TENNESSEE AHEAD OF THE STORMS.  DEW
POINTS RANGE FROM THE MID 40S ALONG THE VA BORDER TO THE MID 50S
ALONG THE GA BORDER.  LIFTED INDEX VALUES RANGE FROM ABOUT 1.5 ALONG
THE VA BORDER TO 3.5 DEGREES ALONG THE GA BORDER.

STORMS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CWA...APPROACHING THE TRI CITIES
AREA...HAVE GONE THROUGH SOME MORE STABLE AIR OVER THE PAST
HOUR...BUT ARE APPROACHING BETTER INSTABILITY.  TIMING OF THE
EVENING COOLING IS TOUGH TO CALL...BUT STORMS COULD STRENGTHEN AGAIN
IN THIS AREA.

ALONG THE GA BORDER STRONG INSTABILITY AND BACKED WINDS ARE KEEPING
CONVECTION VERY WELL ORGANIZED.

SPC GRAPHICS ARE SHOWING GOOD CHANCES OF MID LEVEL ROTATION...BUT
MUCH LESS CHANCES OF ORGANIZED LOW LEVEL CIRCULATIONS.  CLOSE LOOK
DOESNT SHOW ANY SURFACE BOUNDARIES AHEAD OF THE CONVECTIVE
LINE...SO LOW LEVEL CIRCULATIONS WOULD MAY HAVE TO DEPEND ON LOCAL
TERRAIN.  STILL EXPECTING DAMAGING OUTFLOW THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND
MID LEVEL CIRCULATIONS...BUT THE PRIME TORNADO THREAT CONTINUES TO
BE IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF GEORGIA.

&&

.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...NONE.
TN...NONE.
VA...NONE.
&&

GM

Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 28, 9:52 AM EST, 8 hours 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
952 AM EST WED DEC 28 2005

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005-
006-008-291000-
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-
952 AM EST (852 AM CST) WED DEC 28 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWESTERN
VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A DEEP UPPER TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE EAST ACROSS EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND SOUTHWEST
NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.  INCREASING SOUTHERLY
WINDS AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL PULL MOISTURE BACK INTO THE REGION.
AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND
ALABAMA...THEN SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING.  DUE TO THE COLD AIR ALOFT...SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE.  ALSO...THE STRONG WINDS ALOFT
MAY PRODUCE ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.

THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH
OF A LINE FROM ONEIDA TO KNOXVILLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MRX.

DH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 28, 5:43 PM EST, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
543 PM EST WED DEC 28 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0520 PM     HAIL             JONESVILLE              36.69N 83.12W
12/28/2005  0.75 INCH        LEE                VA   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

Local storm report, Dec 28, 5:47 PM EST, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
547 PM EST WED DEC 28 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0450 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ATHENS                  35.45N 84.60W
12/28/2005                   MCMINN             TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FEW TREES DOWN.

&&

Local storm report, Dec 28, 5:49 PM EST, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
549 PM EST WED DEC 28 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0450 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TEN MILE                35.67N 84.67W
12/28/2005                   MEIGS              TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            FEW TREES DOWN.

&&

Local storm report, Dec 28, 5:50 PM EST, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
550 PM EST WED DEC 28 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0545 PM     HAIL             PENNINGTON GAP          36.76N 83.03W
12/28/2005  0.88 INCH        LEE                VA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

Local storm report, Dec 28, 5:51 PM EST, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
551 PM EST WED DEC 28 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0515 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LENOIR CITY             35.80N 84.27W
12/28/2005                   LOUDON             TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FEW TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.

&&

Local storm report, Dec 28, 5:54 PM EST, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
554 PM EST WED DEC 28 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0540 PM     HAIL             BUFFALO SPRINGS         36.22N 83.57W
12/28/2005  0.75 INCH        GRAINGER           TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 12 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:03 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Hamblen

When: December 28, 6:05 PM EST to 6:15 PM EST
Where: Hamblen County, Morristown
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 36.217, -83.283

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Tennessee in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Tennessee, December 2005

Sources

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: 5482355.