Tennessee, 2006Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 4, 2006
June 4, 2006 · NWS MRX · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $12,000
- 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 Jun 4, 12:44 PM EST, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 12:44 PM EST, 2 hours 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
144 PM EDT SUN JUN 4 2006
.SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT-TUESDAY)...MAIN ACTION WILL BE THIS EVENING.
AN UPPER TROUGH ACROSS THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH
TOWARD THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS OVERNIGHT. A SHORT-WAVE WILL SWING
AROUND THE UPPER TROUGH ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. BOTH THE NAM
AND GFS SHOW AN AREA OF DIFLUENCE ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH A JET
SWINGING ACROSS THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.
AT THE SURFACE...A WEAK FRONT WILL ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THIS
BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EARLY EVENING. GIVEN GENERALLY
PLENTY OF DAYTIME HEATING...AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION HAS BECOME
MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH CAPES ABOVE 2000 J/KG AND LIFTED INDICES
BETWEEN -4 AND -6.
SOUNDINGS SHOW LOWERING WBZ AS COLD AIR ALOFT SWINGS DEEPER INTO
THE REGION GIVENING THE POTENTIAL OF LARGE HAIL. ALSO...FAIRLY
DECENT MID-LEVEL DRYING EVIDENT WITH MPDIS APPROACHING 1 AND SURFACE
TO MID-LEVEL THETA-E DIFFERENCE OF OVER 22. ALSO...INVERTED
V-PROFILE NOTED IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER..SO DAMAGING DOWNBURSTS A CONCERN
AS WELL.
FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY...UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST OF THE SPINE OF
APPALACHIANS WITH GENERALLY SINKING OVER THE FORECAST AREA WITH INCREASING
MID-LEVEL CAPPING INVERSION. AT THE SURFACE...RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL
BUILD INTO THE REGION. BESIDES SOME WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION OVER
THE FAR NORTHEAST SECTIONS...DRIER WEATHER RETURNS FOR MONDAY AND
TUESDAY.
...LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)...FORECAST AREA REMAINS UNDER
NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT THROUGH FRIDAY/FRIDAY NIGHT WITH SURFACE RIDGE
WEAKENING OVER THE AREA. MODELS SHOW INCREASING HEIGHTS/THICKNESS...SO
A GENERAL WARMING TREND ANTICIPATED. ALWAYS CONCERNED WITH NORTHWEST FLOW
DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS...BUT AT THIS TIME LITTLE IF ANY UPPER SUPPORT
FOR CONVECTION...SO MAINLY TERRAIN FEATURES FOR FOCUS. INCLUDED MINIMAL
20 PERCENT POPS THROUGH THE PERIOD.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 57 82 55 84 / 20 10 10 10
KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 55 78 53 81 / 20 10 10 10
OAK RIDGE, TN 55 78 53 81 / 20 10 10 10
TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 53 74 48 78 / 20 20 10 10
&&
.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...NONE.
TN...NONE.
VA...NONE.
&&
DH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 8:05 AM EST, 7 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
905 AM EDT SUN JUN 4 2006
UPDATED TO INCLUDE A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.
NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005-
006-008-050900-
ANDERSON-BLEDSOE-BLOUNT SMOKY MTN-BRADLEY-CAMPBELL-CHEROKEE-
CLAIBORNE-CLAY-COCKE SMOKY MTN-EAST POLK-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-HAMILTON-
HANCOCK-HAWKINS-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-KNOX-LEE-LOUDON-MARION-MCMINN-
MEIGS-MORGAN-NORTH SEVIER-NORTHWEST CARTER-NORTHWEST COCKE-
NORTHWEST GREENE-NORTHWEST MONROE-NW BLOUNT-RHEA-ROANE-RUSSELL-
SCOTT TN-SCOTT VA-SEQUATCHIE-SEVIER SMOKY MTN-SOUTHEAST CARTER-
SOUTHEAST GREENE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-SULLIVAN-UNICOI-UNION-
WASHINGTON TN-WASHINGTON VA-WEST POLK-WISE-
905 AM EDT (805 AM CDT) SUN JUN 4 2006
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
...A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES WILL DEEPEN ACROSS
THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON ALLOWING A WEAK COLD FRONT TO MOVE TOWARD
THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. THE FRONT WILL ACT AS A FOCUSING
MECHANISM TO PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. DUE TO THE UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR ALOFT...SOME OF THESE
STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE LARGE HAIL UP TO
GOLFBALL SIZE AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY MOVE TOWARDS THE REGION BY THE END
OF THE WEEK...BRINGING THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BY
FRIDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
DH
Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton
- When
- June 4, 3:30 PM EST to 3:35 PM EST
- Where
- Hamilton County, Chattanooga
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $12,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.050, -85.283
Several trees and powerlines down in the southeast portion of the county.
- 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.
- Tornado in Idaho, June 4, 20061 injured · $100,000 · F2 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 4, 2006$30,000 · 1 in hail · 7 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, June 4, 200670 kt wind · 24 events
- Damaging Winds in Montana, June 4, 200666 kt wind · 18 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 4, 20061 in hail · 15 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 4, 2006$500 · 1 in hail · 7 events
- Hail in Florida, June 4, 20061 in hail · 6 events
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 4, 200650 kt wind · 5 events
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 4, 2006$12,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 4, 2006$12,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail in Ohio, June 4, 20061 in hail · 4 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Idaho, June 4, 200660 kt wind · 4 events
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: 5515588.