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 Jun 20, 8:30 AM EST, 5 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...RETRANSMISSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 930 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2005 .DISCUSSION...THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION IS BETWEEN SYNOPTIC SYSTEMS TODAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE CENTRAL U.S. AND AN UPPER LOW OVER THE CAROLINAS. MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH THE LOW ROTATING A BIT WESTWARD...REACHING SLIGHTLY INTO THE MRX CWA. WITH GOOD DIURNAL HEATING...OUR AIR MASS WILL BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON. THE CIRCULATION AROUND THE LOW WILL INCREASE LOW TO MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH WEAK WAVES ROTATING AROUND THE LOW WILL ACT AS THE TRIGGER FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ALL HANDLED WELL IN THE CURRENT FORECAST...WILL UPDATE LATE MORNING TO REMOVE MORNING WORDING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 86 62 88 66 / 30 20 10 10 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 84 61 85 64 / 30 20 10 10 OAK RIDGE, TN 84 61 85 64 / 30 20 10 10 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 82 57 82 59 / 30 20 10 20 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC......NONE. TN......NONE. VA......NONE. && MJB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 500 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2005 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-210900- 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- 500 AM EDT (400 AM CDT) MON JUN 20 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE (TODAY AND TONIGHT)... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH A FEW ISOLATED STORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THIS STORMS WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF A NICKEL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MRX. DMG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
146 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 PM HAIL TELLICO PLAINS 35.37N 84.30W
06/20/2005 0.75 INCH MONROE TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
PENNY SIZE HAIL AT TELLICO AND MT. VERNON. REPORTED BY
DIEPATCH.
0130 PM TSTM WND DMG TELLICO PLAINS 35.37N 84.30W
06/20/2005 MONROE TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN TELLICO AND MT. VERNON. REPORTED
BY DISPATCH.
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COLEThe Knoxville radar (KMRX), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:07 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees down countywide. Reported by Monroe County Highway Department.
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, June 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: 5461867.