Thunderstorm Wind, Greene
- When
- May 11, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Greene County, Greeneville
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $6,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.167, -82.833
Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 11, 2006
A strong thunderstorm wind gust downed a large tree which crushed a car in a parking lot along North Irish Street behind the First Baptist Church in Greeneville.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $6,000
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A strong thunderstorm wind gust downed a large tree which crushed a car in a parking lot along North Irish Street behind the First Baptist Church in Greeneville.
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 May 11, 9:45 AM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 11, 9:45 AM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1045 AM EDT THU MAY 11 2006 .DISCUSSION...COLD FRONT HAS MOVED EAST OF THE TN MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING. DEEPER CONVECTION HAS MOVED EAST WITH FRONT. PLENTY OF MOISTURE REMAINS AT OR BELOW 15000 FEET FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY. LEADING EDGE OF JET SEGMENT MOVING SE INTO W TN TODAY PROVIDING ENOUGH LIFT FOR VERY LIGHT SHOWER ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS INCREASING THIS AFTERNOON. CLOUDS WILL PERSIST MOST AREAS AND HAVE COOLED MAX TEMPS A COUPLE DEGREES. && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && SON
Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 4:30 AM EST, 7 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 530 1M EDT THU MAY 11 2006 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-121000- 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- 430 AM CDT THU MAY 11 2006 /530 AM EDT THU MAY 11 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TONIGHT.
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:59 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Lightning Strike in Puerto Rico, May 11, 2006
- Flooding and Heavy Snow in Michigan, May 11 to 14, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 11, 2006
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, May 11, 2006
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Wisconsin, May 11, 2006
- Tornado in Virginia, May 11, 2006
- Tornadoes in Virginia, May 11, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 11, 2006
- Strong Wind in Wisconsin, May 11, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 11, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 11, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 11, 2006
More
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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: 5510114.