A strong cold front tracked across the region bringing high non-thunderstorm winds to southwest Virginia.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A strong cold front tracked across the region bringing high non-thunderstorm winds to southwest Virginia.
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 Dec 1, 4:15 AM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
415 AM EST FRI DEC 1 2006
.SHORT TERM (TODAY AND TONIGHT)...HAS NOT BEEN ENOUGH INSTABILITY
FOR ANY THUNDER SO FAR...AND WHILE IT CAN STILL NOT BE COMPLETELY
RULED OUT...WILL KEEP OUT OF FORECAST FOR NOW. PRECIP SHOULD PULL
OUT FAIRLY QUICKLY TODAY ONCE THE FRONT EXITS...WILL CARRY HIGHEST
POPS NORTHEAST. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW FAIRLY STRONG WINDS FOR
TODAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PULLS NORTHEAST...BUT WINDS SHOULD
DECREASE FAIRLY QUICKLY THIS EVENING. WILL KEEP WIND ADVISORIES AND
WARNINGS AS THEY ARE FOR NOW. EXPECT CLOUDS TO DECREASE
TODAY...WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKY TONIGHT FOR ALL BUT PERHAPS THE FAR
NORTHERN COUNTIES. WILL GO A BIT ABOVE MAV TEMPS FOR HIGHS...BUT
TEMPS SHOULD FALL DURING THE DAY.
.LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...HIGHER SURFACE PRESSURE
WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO THE FORECAST AREA ON SATURDAY ALONG WITH
A DRY LOW LEVEL AIRMASS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE BACK CLOSE TO SEASONAL
NORMS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. A SHORTWAVE FEATURE BUILDS ACROSS THE
REGION SUNDAY NIGHT WITH A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR. ATMOSPHERE
TOO DRY FOR PRECIP WITH THIS UPPER TROF. CHANCES FOR PRECIP INCREASE
LATE IN THE LONG TERM AS ANOTHER TROF APPROACHES. MOISTURE BUILDS AS
LOW LEVEL FLO GRADUALLY BECOMES SOUTHEASTERLY HOWEVER...WILL NOT
ADJUST HIGH ENOUGH TO INTRODUCE POPS DUE TO UNCERTAINTY.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 53 35 55 32 / 30 0 0 0
KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 55 30 52 33 / 50 0 0 0
OAK RIDGE, TN 52 31 51 32 / 40 0 0 0
TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 58 27 52 28 / 70 0 0 0
&&
.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
CHEROKEE...AND CLAY.
TN...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
ANDERSON...BLEDSOE...BRADLEY...CAMPBELL...CLAIBORNE...EAST
POLK...GRAINGER...HAMBLEN...HAMILTON...HANCOCK...HAWKINS...
JEFFERSON...KNOX...LOUDON...MARION...MCMINN...MEIGS...
MORGAN...NW BLOUNT...NORTH SEVIER...NORTHWEST CARTER...
NORTHWEST COCKE...NORTHWEST GREENE...NORTHWEST MONROE...
RHEA...ROANE...SCOTT TN...SEQUATCHIE...SULLIVAN...UNION...
WASHINGTON TN...AND WEST POLK.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 6 PM FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS...COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS...JOHNSON...
SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST CARTER...SOUTHEAST
GREENE...SOUTHEAST MONROE...AND UNICOI.
VA...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: LEE...
RUSSELL...SCOTT...WASHINGTON...AND WISE.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 507 AM EST FRI DEC 1 2006 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-021100- 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- 407 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2006 /507 AM EST FRI DEC 1 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM WESTERN KENTUCKY EARLY THIS MORNING INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION LATER TODAY. STRONG WINDS AROUND THIS SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TODAY...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE EAST TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trained spotter in Jonesville estimated wind gust to 60 mph.
Numerous trees and powerlines down countywide.
Numerous trees down countywide.
Numerous trees down countywide.
Two trees were blown down in the Dante area.
Numerous trees down countywide.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, December 2006
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: 7995, 7999, 7996, 8686, 7998, 7997.