1 lightning, 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 Apr 19, 8:26 AM EST, 44 minutes earlier.
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
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
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 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
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.
&&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
&&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 Knoxville radar (KMRX), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:09 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a mobile home in Greeneville damaging the roof and gutters.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, April 2006
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: 5500863.