Strong pressure gradient resulted in high winds across Southeast Tennessee on March 3rd, 2007.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
Strong pressure gradient resulted in high winds across Southeast Tennessee on March 3rd, 2007.
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 Mar 3, 10:25 AM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1025 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2007
.DISCUSSION...
CURRENT FORECAST APPEARS TO BE ON TRACK FOR THE MOST PART. WILL
LOWER DEW POINTS IN THE DATABASE...AND MAKE A FEW OTHER TWEAKS.
WILL ISSUE UPDATE SOON. HAVE ALREADY ISSUED SPS HIGHLIGHTING FIRE
DANGER DUE TO VERY LOW RH VALUES AND WINDY CONDITIONS AFTER COORD
WITH FORESTRY. UPDATE OUT SOON.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 61 29 48 27 58 / 0 10 10 0 0
KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 57 28 45 25 55 / 10 10 10 0 0
OAK RIDGE, TN 56 26 45 25 54 / 10 10 10 0 0
TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 54 24 40 20 51 / 20 20 10 10 0
&&
.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: CHEROKEE...CLAY.
TN...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THIS EVENING FOR
THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ANDERSON...BLEDSOE...BLOUNT SMOKY
MOUNTAINS...BRADLEY...CAMPBELL...CLAIBORNE...COCKE SMOKY
MOUNTAINS...EAST POLK...GRAINGER...HAMBLEN...HAMILTON...
HANCOCK...HAWKINS...JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...KNOX...LOUDON...
MARION...MCMINN...MEIGS...MORGAN...NW BLOUNT...NORTH
SEVIER...NORTHWEST CARTER...NORTHWEST COCKE...NORTHWEST
GREENE...NORTHWEST MONROE...RHEA...ROANE...SCOTT TN...
SEQUATCHIE...SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST CARTER...
SOUTHEAST GREENE...SOUTHEAST MONROE...SULLIVAN...UNICOI...
UNION...WASHINGTON TN...WEST POLK.
VA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: LEE...RUSSELL...SCOTT...WASHINGTON...WISE.
&&
LDWHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 530 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2007 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-041100- 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- 530 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2007 /430 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 915 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2007 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-032330- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...ONEIDA... LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL...SNEEDVILLE...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT... BRISTOL...MOUNTAIN CITY...WARTBURG...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE... MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN...NEWPORT...COSBY... GREENEVILLE...CEDAR CREEK...JOHNSON CITY...ERWIN...ELIZABETHTON... ROAN MOUNTAIN...KINGSTON...LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE...DANDRIDGE... MARYVILLE...CADES COVE...SEVIERVILLE...GATLINBURG...DUNLAP... PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS...MADISONVILLE... COKER CREEK...JASPER...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON... DUCKTOWN...JONESVILLE...WISE...GATE CITY...LEBANON...ABINGDON 915 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2007 /815 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2007/ ...ELEVATED FIRE DANGER UNTIL AROUND SUNSET ACROSS EAST TENNESSEE AS WELL AS EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA... WINDY CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO INCREASE THE FIRE DANGER THREAT ACROSS EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REFRAIN FROM OUTDOOR BURNING AS THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS COULD ALLOW FOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF FIRES. THE WINDS SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET IN MOST AREAS...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RISE AS TEMPERATURES FALL THIS EVENING. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE TV OR RADIO STATION...FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds downed a large canopy positioned over gas pumps at Fuller's Market on Rhea County Highway.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, March 2007
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: 12635.