Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 3, 2006

Name: Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 3, 2006
Start: 2006-04-03T04:25
End: 2006-04-03T04:45
Location: Tennessee

April 3, 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: $5,000
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 3, 3:30 AM EST, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 3:30 AM EST, 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
430 AM EDT MON APR 3 2006

.DISCUSSION...SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING ATTM ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA AS POWERFUL SPRING STORM SYSTEM BUILDS THROUGH THE
EASTERN U.S. MUCH OF THE PROBABILITY FOR CONVECTION WILL HAVE ENDED
BY MID DAY WHILE SOME POST FRONTAL -SHRA WILL CONTINUE TO BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS MAINLY SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AS
WELL AS THE MOUNTAINS BORDERING NORTH CAROLINA INTO THE EVENING
HOURS. UPPER TROF DRIVING TODAYS WEATHER SHIFTS EAST THROUGH
MIDWEEK WITH RIDGING SURFACE AND ALOFT CREATING DRY WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA UNTIL THURSDAY AS ATMOSPHERE
GRADUALLY WARMS AND MOISTENS AHEAD OF ANOTHER MAJOR LEAGUE STORM
SYSTEM WHICH MAKES ITS WAY INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY 12Z FRI.
GRADUALLY RAMP UP PROBABILITY OF PRECIP IN THE FORM OF -SHRA/TSRA
THURSDAY/FRIDAY WITH HIGHEST POPS FRIDAY NIGHT AS SYSTEM COLD FRONT
MOVES CLOSER TO THE REGION. SOME FORECAST UNCERTAINTY AROUND
SATURDAY/SUNDAY TIMEFRAME AS MODEL SOLUTIONS DIVERGE AT THIS
EXTENDED RANGE OF THE FORECAST. MAINTAINED A SLIGHT CHANCE POP FOR
SATURDAY AS NCEP FOLKS DESIRE TO HANG CLOSER TO AN ECMWF SOLUTION
WHICH HOLDS SOME ENERGY BACK ACROSS MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WITH
ASSOCIATED FRONTAL WAVE WHICH MAKES ITS WAY EAST ACROSS THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY. USED A DRY FORECAST FOR SUNDAY WITH EXPECTATION
THAT OFFENDING WEATHER HAS SHIFTED SOUTH AND EAST OF THE FORECAST
AREA.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN             75  42  65  38 /  60   0   0   0
KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN  70  40  62  36 /  60   0   0   0
OAK RIDGE, TN                       69  39  62  37 /  50   0   0   0
TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN              69  37  59  33 /  60  10   0   0

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 2, 11:24 PM EST, 5 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1224 AM EDT MON APR 03 2006

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

1220 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ONEIDA                  36.50N 84.51W
04/03/2006                   SCOTT              TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN WEST HALF OF COUNTY.

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 3, 12:39 AM EST, 3 hours 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
139 AM EDT MON APR 03 2006

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

1215 AM     TSTM WND DMG     SUNBRIGHT               36.24N 84.67W
04/03/2006                   MORGAN             TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FEW TREES DOWN IN SUMBRIGHT AREA.

0110 AM     HAIL             CLINTON                 36.09N 84.13W
04/03/2006  E0.88 INCH       ANDERSON           TN   AMATEUR RADIO

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN CLINTON.

0125 AM     HAIL             KNOXVILLE               35.97N 83.95W
04/03/2006  E0.88 INCH       KNOX               TN   AMATEUR RADIO

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT I-75 AND CALAHAN RD.

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 3, 1:57 AM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
257 AM EDT MON APR 03 2006

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

0211 AM     HAIL             3 NE SPRING CITY        35.72N 84.83W
04/03/2006  E1.25 INCH       RHEA               TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LARGER THAN QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON GRANDVIEW MTN.

0220 AM     HAIL             JOHNSON CITY            36.33N 82.37W
04/03/2006  E0.75 INCH       WASHINGTON         TN   AMATEUR RADIO

            DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL IN JOHNSON CITY.

0250 AM     HAIL             LENOIR CITY             35.80N 84.27W
04/03/2006  E1.00 INCH       LOUDON             TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT THE JUSTICE CENTER IN LENOIR CITY.

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 3, 2:37 AM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
337 AM EDT MON APR 03 2006

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

0310 AM     HAIL             KNOXVILLE               35.97N 83.95W
04/03/2006  E1.00 INCH       KNOX               TN   AMATEUR RADIO

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN WEST KNOXVILLE.

0315 AM     HAIL             1 E ALCOA               35.79N 83.96W
04/03/2006  E1.00 INCH       BLOUNT             TN   AMATEUR RADIO

            QUARTER HAIL 1 E OF ALCOA.

0325 AM     HAIL             SEVIERVILLE             35.89N 83.58W
04/03/2006  E1.00 INCH       SEVIER             TN   AMATEUR RADIO

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT INTERSECTION OF HWY 411 AND 441.

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 3, 3:42 AM EST, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
442 AM EDT MON APR 03 2006

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

0230 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ERWIN                   36.14N 82.41W
04/03/2006                   UNICOI             TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.

0300 AM     TSTM WND DMG     BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY  36.52N 82.26W
04/03/2006                   SULLIVAN           TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN ON HAW RIDGE RD IN BRISTOL TN.

0300 AM     TSTM WND DMG     DAMASCUS                36.63N 81.79W
04/03/2006                   WASHINGTON         VA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN IN DAMASCUS.

0310 AM     TSTM WND DMG     MOUNTAIN CITY           36.47N 81.81W
04/03/2006                   JOHNSON            TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN ON ANDERSON ST IN MTN CITY.

0340 AM     HAIL             PIKEVILLE               35.61N 85.20W
04/03/2006  E0.75 INCH       BLEDSOE            TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PEA TO PENNY SIZE HAIL IN PIKEVILLE.

0340 AM     HAIL             PIGEON FORGE            35.79N 83.56W
04/03/2006  E1.00 INCH       SEVIER             TN   AMATEUR RADIO

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN PIGEON FORGE.

0355 AM     TSTM WND DMG     JEFFERSON CITY          36.12N 83.49W
04/03/2006                   JEFFERSON          TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FEW TREES DOWN EAST HALF OF COUNTY.

0408 AM     HAIL             3 NE SPRING CITY        35.72N 84.83W
04/03/2006  E1.25 INCH       RHEA               TN   AMATEUR RADIO

            HWY 68 ON GRANDVIEW MTN. HALF DOLLAR HAIL CAUSED MINOR
            DAMAGE TO OFFICERS VEHICLE. SECOND OCCURRENCE OF LARGE
            HAIL IN PAST 2 HOURS.

&&

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The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 145 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:25 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Polk

When: April 3, 4:25 AM EST to 4:45 AM EST
Where: Polk County, Reliance
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.183, -84.517

A few trees down near Reliance.

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: 5501355.