Hail, Hamilton
- When
- April 19, 9:00 AM EST to 9:05 AM EST
- Where
- Hamilton County, Chattanooga Arpt
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.033, -85.200
Quarter-size hail at the airport.
Hail in Tennessee, April 19, 2006
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.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 Apr 19, 8:26 AM EST, 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 8:26 AM EST, 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 926 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006 .DISCUSSION...AM ISSUING QUICK UPDATE TO RAISE POPS FOR MORNING AND MAKE A FEW OTHER TWEAKS. UPDATE OUT SOON. && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && LDW
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 6:11 AM EST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED HEADER TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 711 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-191500- CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS- SULLIVAN-JOHNSON-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN- NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE- SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER- SOUTHEAST CARTER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT- BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE- SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK-EAST POLK-LEE- WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...ONEIDA... LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL...SNEEDVILLE...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT... BRISTOL...MOUNTAIN CITY...WARTBURG...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE... MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN...NEWPORT...COSBY... GREENEVILLE...CEDAR CREEK...JOHNSON CITY...ERWIN...ELIZABETHTON... ROAN MOUNTAIN...KINGSTON...LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE...DANDRIDGE... MARYVILLE...CADES COVE...SEVIERVILLE...GATLINBURG...DUNLAP... PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS...MADISONVILLE... COKER CREEK...JASPER...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON... DUCKTOWN...JONESVILLE...WISE...GATE CITY...LEBANON...ABINGDON 611 AM CDT WED APR 19 2006 /711 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006/ ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA THIS MORNING. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL. VERY HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE FROM MIDDLE TENNESSEE INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. DAYTIME HEATING ALONG WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S WILL CREATE AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE FAVORABLE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO SEE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND SOUTHERN TENNESSEE VALLEY. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. DGS
Local storm report, Apr 19, 7:19 AM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
819 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0320 AM HAIL RUTLEDGE 36.27N 83.52W
04/19/2006 E0.75 INCH GRAINGER TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
0400 AM HAIL 10 SW GREENEVILLE 36.06N 82.95W
04/19/2006 E0.75 INCH GREENE TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
0420 AM HAIL TAZEWELL 36.46N 83.58W
04/19/2006 E0.88 INCH CLAIBORNE TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
0500 AM HAIL TREADWAY 36.42N 83.23W
04/19/2006 E0.75 INCH HANCOCK TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
0515 AM HAIL GREENEVILLE 36.17N 82.82W
04/19/2006 E0.75 INCH GREENE TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&Special weather statement, Apr 19, 7:19 AM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
-SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 819 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006 TNZ012>015-035>038-067>069-071-191315- ANDERSON-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-GRAINGER-HANCOCK-KNOX-LOUDON-MORGAN-NW BLOUNT-ROANE-SCOTT-UNION- 819 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFFECTING ANDERSON...BLOUNT...CAMPBELL...CLAIBORNE...GRAINGER...HANCOCK...KNOX. ..LOUDON...MORGAN...ROANE...SCOTT AND UNION COUNTIES... AT 818 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HARROGATE-SHAWANEE TO CLINTON TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF ROCKWOOD....MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE WINDS COULD BLOW OVER A FEW TREES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR EAST TENNESSEE. HW
Local storm report, Apr 19, 7:34 AM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
834 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0815 AM TSTM WND DMG ONEIDA 36.50N 84.51W
04/19/2006 SCOTT TN DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
FEW TREES DOWN.
&&Local storm report, Apr 19, 7:58 AM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
858 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0855 AM HAIL PIKEVILLE 35.61N 85.20W
04/19/2006 E0.75 INCH BLEDSOE TN EMERGENCY MNGR
&&Local storm report, Apr 19, 8:18 AM EST, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
918 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0915 AM HAIL KNOXVILLE 35.97N 83.95W
04/19/2006 E0.75 INCH KNOX TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:58 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Georgia, April 19, 2006
- Blizzard in North Dakota, April 19, 2006
- High Wind in Nebraska, April 19, 2006
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Indiana, April 19, 2006
- High Wind in Nebraska, April 19, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 19, 2006
- Flash Flood and Hail in Alabama, April 19, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 19 to 21, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 19, 2006
- Hail in Indiana, April 19, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 19, 2006
- Hail in Texas, April 19 to 20, 2006
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, April 2006
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: 5501441.