Name: Damaging Wind in Tennessee, September 23, 2006
Start: 2006-09-23T07:00
End: 2006-09-23T19:00
Location: Tennessee

Where it happened

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Tropical storms and surge
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Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $25,000
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.

Numerous trees were reported down across the county.

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 Sep 23, 2:40 AM EST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 23, 2:40 AM EST, 4 hours 20 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
340 AM EDT SAT SEP 23 2006

.SHORT TERM (TODAY AND TONIGHT)...SOME DIFFERENCES IN MODEL HANDLING
OF COLD FRONT THAT APPROACHES AREA TONIGHT.  GFS FASTER THAN THE
NAM...WITH MAIN BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING IN AHEAD
OF THE FRONT SEVERAL HOURS EARLIER TONIGHT.  WILL LEAN CLOSER TO THE
GFS SOLUTION...WHICH HAS BETTER MODEL SUPPORT ELSEWHERE. WILL CARRY
HIGH CHANCE POPS TODAY...THEN 60 TO 80 POPS ALL BUT FAR EASTERN
ZONES BY LATE TONIGHT. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY FOR SOME SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS GIVEN LOW LEVEL WIND PROFILES...ESPECIALLY OVER
WESTERN ZONES...WILL MENTION IN HWO. MAV TEMPS GENERALLY LOOK
REASONABLE.

.LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...GENERALLY FAVORED FASTER GFS
MODEL FOR THE EARLY PART OF THE FORECAST WHICH FEATURES A HEALTHY
KINEMATIC ENVIROMENT WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE CONVECTION ON
SUNDAY. GFS MODEL FAIRLY CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS PACKAGE AND DID
NOT HAVE TO ADJUST GRIDDED PRODUCTS TO ANY LARGE EXTENT CONCERNING
TIMING/PROBABILITIES FOR PRECIP. MAINTAINED DRY FORECAST MONDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH ANOTHER UPPER TROF AND ASSOCIATED FRONT
ARRIVING IN THE VICINITY ON THURSDAY. KEPT LOW CHANCE POPS FOR
-SHRA/TSRA GOING FOR THIS PERIOD OF THE FORECAST FOLLOWED BY DRY
ADVECTION AND COOLER TEMPERATURES FOR THE END OF THE WEEK.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN             85  69  78  58 /  50  70  80  30
KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN  85  67  76  56 /  50  70  80  30
OAK RIDGE, TN                       84  66  74  56 /  50  70  80  30
TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN              83  64  75  53 /  50  60  80  40

&&

.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...NONE.
TN...NONE.
VA...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 23, 4:45 AM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
545 AM EDT SAT SEP 23 2006

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-241000-
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-
445 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006 /545 AM EDT SAT SEP 23 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 APPROACH FROM THE WEST TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. SOME OF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE
PRIMARY THREAT. LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...AND AN ISOLATED
TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER
WILL BE OVER THE PLATEAU COUNTIES AND ADJACENT AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION ON SUNDAY...AND
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. A FEW OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY...TONIGHT OR SUNDAY.

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:57 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Scott

When: September 23, 7:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
Where: Scott County, Huntsville
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $25,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 36.417, -84.483

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

More

Every storm in Tennessee in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Tennessee, September 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: 5530665.