Hail, McMinn
- When
- May 20, 8:20 PM EST
- Where
- McMinn County, 1 mi E of Etowah
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 35.333, -84.517
Hail in Tennessee, May 20, 2006
Quarter size hail was reported one mile east of Etowah.
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.
Quarter size hail was reported one mile east of Etowah.
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 20, 1:40 PM EST, 6 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 20, 1:40 PM EST, 6 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 240 PM EDT SAT MAY 20 2006 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND SUNDAY)...FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS THE MRX CWA SHOULD SLOWLY SAG SOUTH DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THIS BOUNDARY IS ACTING AS A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. ADDITIONALLY...DAYTIME HEATING HAS HELPED DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE CWA WHERE THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. AS THE BOUNDARY DIPS SOUTHWARD AND WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING... EXPECT CONVECTION TO DIMINISH OVER THE AREA DURING THE EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER...SOME CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVERNIGHT AND WILL KEEP LOW POPS GOING IN THE FORECAST. ON SUNDAY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA. .LONG TERM (SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)...MODELS CONTINUE TO REVEAL SOME DISCREPANCIES WITH THE EXACT LOCATION OF A QUASI- STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE TN RIVER VALLEY EARLY NEXT WEEK. NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK AND REMAIN PARALLEL TO THIS SURFACE BOUNDARY. AS A RESULT...DO NOT EXPECT MUCH SOUTHWARD PROGRESS OF THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY...ALTHOUGH THE LATEST GFS MODEL RUN INDICATES THAT THIS FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA BY TUESDAY. THE NAM MODEL SOLUTION INDICATES THAT THIS FRONT WILL REMAIN IN THE VICINITY OF THE FORECAST AREA... SO WILL CONTINUE WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR CONVECTION THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS UNCERTAINTY. COLDER AIR ALOFT FROM THIS UPPER-LEVEL NORTHWEST FLOW SHOULD KEEP THE LOCAL AIRMASS MARGINALLY UNSTABLE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGHOUT NEXT WEEK. DETAILS IN THE TIMING OF CONVECTION EACH DAY REMAINS PROBLEMATIC... SINCE SEVERAL SHORT WAVES AND THEIR ASSOCIATED CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES COULD KEEP CONVECTION FROM BEING STRICTLY DIURNAL IN NATURE. THUS... WILL NOT TRY TO TIME CONVECTION IN THE EXTENDED UNTIL DETAILS BECOME MORE APPARENT AS WE NEAR EACH POSSIBLE EVENT. A BETTER CHANCE OF CONVECTION IS EXPECTED LATER IN THE WEEK...AS THE UPPER-LEVEL PATTERN CHANGES AND TWO DIFFERENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS DEVELOP OVER THE PLAINS AND APPROACH THE TN RIVER VALLEY. TEMPS SHOULD REMAIN NEAR SEASONAL LEVELS THROUGHOUT THE EXTENDED. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 64 85 61 81 / 40 30 30 20 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 59 81 57 75 / 30 30 20 20 OAK RIDGE, TN 59 80 57 76 / 30 30 20 20 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 54 78 50 72 / 20 20 20 20 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && MJB/DMG
Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 3:40 AM EST, 16 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 440 AM EDT SAT MAY 20 2006 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-211000- 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- 440 AM EDT (340 AM CDT) SAT MAY 20 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... A STATIONARY FRONT WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS TODAY PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. WARM...MOIST AND INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES RIDE SOUTHEAST ALONG THE STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY... THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOPED. DUE TO THE EXPECTED VERY UNSTABLE AIR- MASS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT...SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A STATIONARY FRONT WILL LINGER AROUND THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY THROUGH NEXT WEEK...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE EACH DAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...SOME SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES EACH DAY THROUGHOUT THE UPCOMING WEEK. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DH
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 20, 7:46 PM EST, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
846 PM EDT SAT MAY 20 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0840 PM HAIL 6 NE TELLICO PLAINS 35.43N 84.22W
05/20/2006 E1.00 INCH MONROE TN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&Local storm report, May 20, 7:50 PM EST, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
850 PM EDT SAT MAY 20 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0850 PM HAIL 5 NW NIOTA 35.57N 84.61W
05/20/2006 E0.88 INCH MCMINN TN AMATEUR RADIO
&&Local storm report, May 20, 7:59 PM EST, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
859 PM EDT SAT MAY 20 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0855 PM HAIL NIOTA 35.51N 84.55W
05/20/2006 E0.88 INCH MCMINN TN AMATEUR RADIO
&&Local storm report, May 20, 8:05 PM EST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
905 PM EDT SAT MAY 20 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 PM HAIL NIOTA 35.51N 84.55W
05/20/2006 E1.00 INCH MCMINN TN AMATEUR RADIO
&&Local storm report, May 20, 8:18 PM EST, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
918 PM EDT SAT MAY 20 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0915 PM HAIL ANDREWS 35.20N 83.82W
05/20/2006 E0.75 INCH CHEROKEE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
&&Local storm report, May 20, 8:19 PM EST, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
919 PM EDT SAT MAY 20 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0918 PM HAIL ANDREWS 35.20N 83.82W
05/20/2006 E1.00 INCH CHEROKEE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
&&The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 137 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:20 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 20, 2006
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- Damaging Winds in Texas, May 20, 2006
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, May 20, 2006
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- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, May 20, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 20, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 20, 2006
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- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 20, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 20, 2006
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 20, 2006
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, May 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: 5509864.