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 Aug 6, 1:23 PM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 223 PM EDT SUN AUG 6 2006 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT AND MONDAY)...LITTLE CHANGE FORESEEN THROUGH THE SHORT TERM AS UPPER RIDGE PERSISTS OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. THUS MOSTLY PERSISTENCE FORECAST SEEMS THE MOST PRUDENT APPROACH. ANTICIPATE TYPICAL DIURNAL COVERAGE OF CONVECTION TOMORROW. AGAIN...GFS GUIDANCE POPS SEEM OVERDONE ESPECIALLY IN OUR NORTHEASTERN ZONES. THUS GENERALLY FOLLOWED NAM GUIDANCE AS IT APPEARS MORE REASONABLE. FOR TEMPS...GUIDANCE VALUES ARE GENERALLY CLOSE AND APPEAR REASONABLE BASED ON PERSISTENCE. STAYED CLOSE TO THE GFS GUIDANCE VALUES FOR THE MOST PART. .LONG TERM...(MON NIGHT THROUGH SUN)...A WEAK COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE REGION LATE TUESDAY/TUESDAY NIGHT. HOW FAR SOUTH THE FRONT MAKES IT BEFORE WASHING OUT IS PROBLEMATIC AS USUAL THIS TIME OF YEAR...BUT REGARDLESS THERE WILL NOT BE MUCH IN THE WAY OF LOW LEVEL DRYING/COOLING FOR OUR AREA. ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT FORECAST TO PUSH IN FRIDAY/FRIDAY NIGHT...ALTHOUGH TIMING VERY UNCERTAIN THAT FAR OUT. WILL GO WITH CHANCE POPS FOR THESE PERIODS...OTHERWISE JUST SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR MAINLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. GFS MOS TEMPS GENERALLY LOOK REASONABLE...SO JUST SOME MINOR TWEAKS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 74 94 73 93 / 10 20 20 30 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 72 93 72 90 / 10 30 20 40 OAK RIDGE, TN 73 94 72 90 / 10 30 20 40 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 69 89 68 87 / 20 40 30 40 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && LCM/LDW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 530 AM EDT SUN AUG 6 2006 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-071200- 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 EDT SUN AUG 6 2006/430 AM CDT SUN AUG 6 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. MJB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 400 PM EDT SUN AUG 6 2006 TNZ070-062100- JEFFERSON- 400 PM EDT SUN AUG 6 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 358 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER JEFFERSON COUNTY...WITH THE STRONGEST CELL NEAR DANDRIDGE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR MAY OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN DMG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 404 PM EDT SUN AUG 6 2006 TNZ018-VAZ008-062100- JOHNSON-WASHINGTON- 404 PM EDT SUN AUG 6 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT JOHNSON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES... AT 402 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF FLATWOOD....MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR...MAY OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN DMG
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 14 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:31 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees down countywide.
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