Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- August 10, 7:20 PM EST to 7:30 PM EST
- Where
- Lee County, Countywide
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.683, -83.100
Numerous trees down countywide.
Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 10, 2006
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- $10,000
- 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 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 Aug 10, 4:54 PM EST, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 4:54 PM EST, 2 hours 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 554 PM EDT THU AUG 10 2006 .DISCUSSION... AN UPDATE WILL BE SENT SHORTLY TO ADD SEVERE TSTM WATCH 706...AND TO RAISE POPS TO LIKELY ACROSS ALL BUT THE SOUTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES. && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && DGS
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 9:00 AM EST, 10 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1000 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2006 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-111100- 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- 1000 AM EDT (900 AM CDT) THU AUG 10 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EAST TENNESSEE... LATE THIS MORNING...A STATIONARY FRONT WAS LOCATED ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY WITH VERY WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR SOUTH OF THE FRONT ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST FROM THE OHIO VALLEY TOWARD THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS DISTURBANCE COMBINED WITH THE VERY UNSTABLE AIR IN PLACE WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ILLINOIS...INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY WHICH WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF TENNESSEE LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING DAMAGING DOWNBURSTS WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. ELSEWHERE...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN STATIONARY ACROSS TENNESSEE FRIDAY AND POSSIBLY SATURDAY. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE EACH DAY. THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES DOWN FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN COOLER TEMPERATURES AND FEWER THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY THROUGH MID WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND FRIDAY. DH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 1:38 PM EST, 5 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 238 PM EDT THU AUG 10 2006 TNZ100>102-101930- BRADLEY-EAST POLK-WEST POLK- 238 PM EDT THU AUG 10 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING BRADLEY AND POLK COUNTIES... AT 230 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLEVELAND....MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR...MAY OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 6:21 PM EST, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 721 PM EDT THU AUG 10 2006 TNZ069-110015- KNOX- 721 PM EDT THU AUG 10 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING KNOX COUNTY... AT 712 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF KNOXVILLE....MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR...MAY OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR EAST TENNESSEE. MJB
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 6:23 PM EST, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 723 PM EDT THU AUG 10 2006 TNZ012>015-VAZ001-110030- CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-LEE-SCOTT- 723 PM EDT THU AUG 10 2006 ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CAMPBELL...CLAIBORNE...HANCOCK...LEE AND SCOTT COUNTIES... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LARGE AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY....MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN CLAIBORNE...SCOTT...CAMPBELL...LEE AND HANCOCK COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORM. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE SEVERE STORMS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR...MAY OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR EAST TENNESSEE. DGS
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 6:55 PM EST, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 755 PM EDT THU AUG 10 2006 TNZ070-073-110100- JEFFERSON-NORTH SEVIER- 755 PM EDT THU AUG 10 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING JEFFERSON AND SEVIER COUNTIES... AT 748 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF DANDRIDGE....MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR...MAY OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR EAST TENNESSEE. MJB
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:21 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 10, 2006
- Heat and Hail in Tennessee, August 10, 2006
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 10, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 10, 2006
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 10, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 10, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 10, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 10, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 10, 2006
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Indiana, August 10, 2006
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 10, 2006
- Flash Flood and Hail in South Dakota, August 10, 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: 5531432.