Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 22, 2006

Name: Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 22, 2006
Start: 2006-04-22T00:45
End: 2006-04-22T01:00
Location: Tennessee

April 22, 2006 · NWS MRX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $10,000
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 21, 7:35 PM EST, 5 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 21, 7:35 PM EST, 5 hours 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
835 PM EDT FRI APR 21 2006

.DISCUSSION...A COUPLE OF VORTS TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION YET
TONIGHT WITH CONVECTION ONGOING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. A FEW
STORMS STILL PRODUCING STRONG UPDRAFTS WITH LARGE HAIL. EXPECT
STORMS TO MAINTAIN SOME STRENGTH FOR ANOTHER COUPLE HOURS AS MAIN
VORT OVER WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA SHIFTS NORTHEAST. FLOOD WATCH
CONTINUES OVERNIGHT WITH HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING IN MAIN MOISTURE AXIS
BUILDING EAST ACROSS MID TENNESSEE. WILL UPDATE LATER THIS EVENING
TO REMOVE TORNADO WATCH.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN             59  76  54  81 / 100  50  10  10
KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN  58  72  54  76 / 100  60  10  20
OAK RIDGE, TN                       59  73  54  77 / 100  60  10  20
TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN              59  68  46  72 / 100  80  10  20

&&

.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 10 AM SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     CHEROKEE...AND CLAY.

TN...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 10 AM SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     ANDERSON...BLEDSOE...BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS...BRADLEY...
     CAMPBELL...CLAIBORNE...COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS...EAST POLK...
     GRAINGER...HAMBLEN...HAMILTON...HANCOCK...HAWKINS...
     JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...KNOX...LOUDON...MARION...MCMINN...
     MEIGS...MORGAN...NW BLOUNT...NORTH SEVIER...NORTHWEST
     CARTER...NORTHWEST COCKE...NORTHWEST GREENE...NORTHWEST
     MONROE...RHEA...ROANE...SCOTT TN...SEQUATCHIE...SEVIER
     SMOKY MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST CARTER...SOUTHEAST GREENE...
     SOUTHEAST MONROE...SULLIVAN...UNICOI...UNION...WASHINGTON
     TN...AND WEST POLK.

VA...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 10 AM SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: LEE...
     RUSSELL...SCOTT...WASHINGTON...AND WISE.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 21, 4:30 AM EST, 20 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
530 AM EDT FRI APR 21 2006

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-211100-
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-
530 AM CDT FRI APR 21 2006 /430 AM EDT FRI APR 21 2006/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS
MORNING.  AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE.  AN ADDITIONAL
ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN
REGION LATE THIS EVENING OR OVERNIGHT.  SOME STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE
LIMITS. THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.  ADDITIONALLY...VERY HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH THE
STORMS...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW
LYING AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER NETWORK ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.

MJB

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 21, 6:47 PM EST, 5 hours 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
747 PM EDT FRI APR 21 2006

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

0725 PM     HAIL             E SWEETWATER            35.60N 84.47W
04/21/2006  E0.88 INCH       MONROE             TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

Local storm report, Apr 21, 7:15 PM EST, 5 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
815 PM EDT FRI APR 21 2006

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

0815 PM     HAIL             1 NW MARYVILLE          35.76N 83.99W
04/21/2006  E0.75 INCH       BLOUNT             TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Carter

When: April 22, 12:45 AM EST to 1:00 AM EST
Where: Carter County, Countywide
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 36.283, -82.150

A few trees down countywide.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Tennessee in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5501843.