Name: Damaging Wind in Tennessee, September 28, 2006
Start: 2006-09-28T12:50
End: 2006-09-28T12:50
Location: Tennessee

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $20,000
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.

Several trees were reported down in the vicinity of Bean Station and Rutledge.

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 28, 8:40 AM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 28, 8:40 AM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
940 AM EDT THU SEP 28 2006

.DISCUSSION...WITH COLD FRONT STILL IN WEST TENNESSEE AND SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SPREAD ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE BIG UNCERTAINTY
AS TO HOW MUCH SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WE WILL SEE HERE IN THE
FORECAST AREA.  WILL HOLD OFF ON MORNING UPDATE UNTIL AROUND NOON TO
SEE IF FURTHER COVERAGE/INTENSITY CHANGES WILL IMPACT POP FORECAST.
TEMPERATURES APPEAR REASONABLE.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN  72  49  68  47 /  60  40  10  10
KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN  69  46  67  44 /  80  50  10  10
OAK RIDGE, TN  69  46  67  46 /  90  50  10  10
TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN  67  44  63  37 /  90  60  10  10

&&

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

HW

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 28, 11:14 AM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1214 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2006

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005-
006-008-291000-
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-
1214 PM EDT (1114 AM CDT) THU SEP 28 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA TODAY...BRINGING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION.  THERE IS A RISK THAT A FEW OF THE
STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVITY MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

GH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 28, 11:27 AM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1227 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2006

TNZ012>015-035>038-067>073-083-VAZ001-281730-
ANDERSON-BLOUNT SMOKY
MOUNTAINS-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-GRAINGER-HANCOCK-JEFFERSON-KNOX-LEE-
LOUDON-MORGAN-NORTH SEVIER-NW BLOUNT-RHEA-ROANE-SCOTT-UNION-
1227 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING ANDERSON...BLOUNT...
CAMPBELL...CLAIBORNE...GRAINGER...HANCOCK...JEFFERSON...KNOX...LEE...
LOUDON...MORGAN...RHEA...ROANE...SCOTT...SEVIER AND UNION COUNTIES...

AT 1224 PM EDT(1124 AM CDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES
EAST OF PINE KNOT TO 7 MILES NORTH OF FAIRFIELD GLADE TO 13 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SPENCER....MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

SMALL HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

SUSTAINED WINDS OR GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...HAIL OF PEA TO LESS THAN
PENNY SIZE...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ANY FURTHER STRENGTHENING OF THESE STORMS
MAY REQUIRE ISSUANCE OF A WARNING.

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 21 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:47 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Grainger

When: September 28, 12:50 PM EST
Where: Grainger County, Bean Station
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 36.333, -83.283

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: 5530737.