Hail, Marion
- When
- March 31, 10:40 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County, Whitwell
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -85.533
Hail in Tennessee, March 31, 2006
Nickle sized hail was reported in Whitwell.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
Nickle sized hail was reported in Whitwell.
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 Mar 31, 8:27 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 8:27 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 927 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006 .DISCUSSION...SURFACE AND UPPER LOW TRACKING INTO MI WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDING INTO WESTERN KY. SMALL CLUSTER OF STORMS TRACKING INTO MIDDLE TN...NORTHERN AL...SOUTHEAST TN...AND NORTHERN GA. ACTIVITY DECREASING AS IT MOVES EAST INTO MORE STABLE AIR. THINK SEVERE WEATHER IN OUR AREA WILL BE ISOLATED AND MAINLY IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO AS CWA CONTINUES TO STABILIZE. STILL PRETTY GOOD LIFT...UPPER DIVERGENCE AND MOISTURE AS FRONT TRACKS THROUGH LATER TONIGHT...BUT THUNDER WILL BE ISOLATED. CURRENT CATEGORICAL POPS LOOKS GOOD...NO NEED TO CHANGE THEM. TEMPERATURES ON TRACK. WILL UPDATE ZONES TO CLEAN UP EVENING WORDING...NO OTHER CHANGES PLANNED. && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && GH
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 4:19 AM CST, 18 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 519 AM EST FRI MAR 31 2006 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-011100- 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- 419 AM CST FRI MAR 31 2006 /519 AM EST FRI MAR 31 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS REGION TONIGHT...BRINGING THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP MAY BECOME SEVERE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU COUNTIES. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:39 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, March 31, 2006
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, March 31, 2006
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, March 31, 2006
- High Wind in Illinois, March 31, 2006
- Strong Wind in Wisconsin, March 31, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, March 31, 2006
- High Wind in Nevada, March 31, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, March 31, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 31, 2006
- Winter Weather in Colorado, March 31, 2006
- Flooding in North Dakota, March 31, 2006
- Hail in Arkansas, March 31, 2006
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, March 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: 5495037.