A strong storm system moved through the Tennessee Valley Region during the early morning hours with numerous reports of wind damage in association with the system's squall line.
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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.
A strong storm system moved through the Tennessee Valley Region during the early morning hours with numerous reports of wind damage in association with the system's squall line.
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 Nov 5, 11:40 PM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Morristown TN
1240 AM EST Tue Nov 6 2018
.AVIATION...A line of convection has developed ahead of an
approaching cold front. This line will push through local TAF sites
during the overnight hours. As the line moves through...expect
brief MVFR to IFR conditions with heavy rainfall...lowering
clouds...reduced VIS and strong and gusty winds. Accompanying the
front will be strong 850MB winds which will create LLWS through
around 12Z. The line of thunderstorms should pull out of the area
between 14Z to 18Z. Behind the front...high pressure will build in
and provide improving conditions through the last half of the TAf
period. With the recent rainfall...there may be some patchy fog
development late Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning. At
this point...the extend of the fog should be limited and for
now...will into mention in TAFs.
&&
.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...Wind Advisory from 10 PM this evening to 10 AM EST Tuesday for
Cherokee-Clay.
TN...Wind Advisory from 10 PM this evening to 10 AM EST Tuesday for
Blount Smoky Mountains-Cocke Smoky Mountains-Johnson-Sevier
Smoky Mountains-Southeast Carter-Southeast Greene-Southeast
Monroe-Unicoi.
VA...None.
&&
mjbHazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Morristown TN 230 PM EST Mon Nov 5 2018 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-061930- 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- 230 PM EST Mon Nov 5 2018 /130 PM CST Mon Nov 5 2018/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Southwest North Carolina...East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight A vigorous storm system will approach the Tennessee Valley and southern Appalachians tonight, with a cold front crossing the area Tuesday morning. Ahead of this system tonight, southwest winds in the mountains will be between 20 and 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. A line of showers and some thunderstorms will move through the area late tonight and Tuesday morning near the cold front. Some of these storms will be strong to severe producing damaging winds and locally heavy rain. An isolated tornado cannot be ruled out. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday Storms are expected to be ongoing through Tuesday morning. Otherwise, no hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is requested late Monday night and Tuesday.
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:59 UTC.
28 thunderstorm wind, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Highway 127 and old 28 were close with numerous trees, power lines, and poles reported down.
Several power lines and trees were reported down near the intersection of Highway 399 and Highway 111.
A tree was reported down on Highway 27 with one lane blocked.
Scattered trees were reported down across the county.
A tree was reported down on a parked car.
Several trees were reported down at county roads 725 and 700.
One tree was reported down with some small hail in the vicinity.
Gust recorded at Cove Mountain Tower.
Three trees were reported down on power lines at Highway 314 and main street.
Report occurred at Highway 95 between Bear Creek Road and the western entrance of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Several trees were reported down near Vonore Road.
A tree was downed on County Road 250 near Pond Hill Church. The tree blocked both lanes.
Scattered trees and power lines were reported down across the county.
Several trees were reported down on Highway 321 which resulted in the road being closed.
The tops of several trees were snapped off.
Roof damage was reported at the Christian Academy of Knox.
A peak wind gust of 63 mph was reported in West Knoxville.
Significant damage was reported at a home on Coventry Road where a tree crashed through the roof of the structure.
Roof damage was reported at a few homes on Richmond Avenue.
Widespread tree damage was reported across the county.
A few trees were reported down on Highway 64.
Trees and power lines were reported down on Highway 61 East.
Trees were reported down on Maryville Highway in Seymour near the Blount county line.
Trees were reported down at many locations throughout the county.
Multiple trees and power lines were reported down across the county.
Several trees were reported down in the southern portion of the county.
A tree was reported down near the intersection of Highway 70 and Clonce Road.
Several trees were reported down in Jonesboro and Embreeville.
A tree was reported down near Bays Mountain Eastman Recreation Park.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2018Every state in 2018This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, November 2018
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: 783797, 783798, 783799, 783819, 783800, 783801, 783802, 784158, 784159, 783803, 783804, 783805, 783806, 783807, 783808, 783826, 783818, 783828, 783830, 783809, 783810, 783820, 783811, 783812, 783813, 783814, 783815, 783816, 783817.