Data sources
Tennessee Conditions Data Sources
Every figure on Tennessee Conditions comes from the sources below and is shown as the source gave it. Values a source leaves out are not shown.
Photo: Norris Lake marina, Norris Dam State Park. Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0
Sources
Sources and when each last reported
Each reading carries the time it was retrieved, and the source’s own update time where the source provides one.
| Source | Host | Checked every | Last successful reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| ODIN statewide outage summary (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) | odin.ornl.gov | 15 min | Oct 2, 12:05 am ET (11:05 pm CT) |
| ODIN utility reporting status (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) | odin.ornl.gov | 15 min | Oct 2, 12:05 am ET (11:05 pm CT) |
| Knoxville Utilities Board outage map | www.kub.org | 15 min | Oct 2, 12:05 am ET (11:05 pm CT) |
| Nashville Electric Service outage map | map.datacapable.com | 15 min | Oct 2, 12:05 am ET (11:05 pm CT) |
| MLGW outage map | outagemap.mlgw.org | 15 min | Oct 2, 12:05 am ET (11:05 pm CT) |
| Middle Tennessee Electric outage map | outagemap-data.cloud.coop | 15 min | Oct 2, 12:05 am ET (11:05 pm CT) |
| Volunteer Energy Cooperative outage map | outagemap-data.cloud.coop | 15 min | Oct 2, 12:05 am ET (11:05 pm CT) |
| Appalachian Electric Cooperative outage map | outagemap-data.cloud.coop | 15 min | Oct 2, 12:05 am ET (11:05 pm CT) |
| Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative outage map | outagemap-data.cloud.coop | 15 min | Oct 2, 12:05 am ET (11:05 pm CT) |
| Gibson Electric Membership Corporation outage map | outagemap-data.cloud.coop | 15 min | Oct 2, 12:05 am ET (11:05 pm CT) |
| National Park Service Data API: Great Smoky Mountains alerts | developer.nps.gov | 30 min | Oct 2, 12:05 am ET (11:05 pm CT) |
| National Park Service Data API: Great Smoky Mountains road events | developer.nps.gov | 30 min | Oct 2, 12:05 am ET (11:05 pm CT) |
| National Weather Service: active alerts for Tennessee | api.weather.gov | 5 min | Oct 2, 12:05 am ET (11:05 pm CT) |
| National Weather Service: latest airport weather observations | api.weather.gov | 15 min | Oct 2, 12:05 am ET (11:05 pm CT) |
| NOAA National Water Prediction Service: river gauges | api.water.noaa.gov | 15 min | Oct 2, 12:05 am ET (11:05 pm CT) |
| Tennessee Valley Authority: observed lake levels | www.tva.com | 30 min | Oct 2, 12:05 am ET (11:05 pm CT) |
| U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District: lake levels | cwms-data.usace.army.mil | 30 min | Oct 2, 12:05 am ET (11:05 pm CT) |
| Tennessee Valley Authority: posted release schedules | www.tva.com | 180 min | Oct 1, 11:35 pm ET (10:35 pm CT) |
| AirNow (EPA and state and local air agencies): Tennessee reporting areas | files.airnowtech.org | 30 min | Oct 2, 12:05 am ET (11:05 pm CT) |
| FAA National Airspace System Status: airport events | nasstatus.faa.gov | 5 min | Oct 2, 12:05 am ET (11:05 pm CT) |
| USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: events in and near Tennessee | earthquake.usgs.gov | 15 min | Oct 2, 12:05 am ET (11:05 pm CT) |
| National Interagency Fire Center (WFIGS): current fire incidents in Tennessee | services3.arcgis.com | 30 min | Oct 2, 12:05 am ET (11:05 pm CT) |
| U.S. Drought Monitor (National Drought Mitigation Center): Tennessee statistics | usdmdataservices.unl.edu | 360 min | Oct 1, 8:33 pm ET (7:33 pm CT) |
| National Park Service Data API: alerts for national park sites in Tennessee | developer.nps.gov | 30 min | Oct 2, 12:05 am ET (11:05 pm CT) |
| National Weather Service: hourly forecasts at Tennessee attractions | api.weather.gov | 60 min | Oct 1, 11:35 pm ET (10:35 pm CT) |
| Queue-Times.com: Dollywood ride wait times | queue-times.com | 10 min | Oct 2, 12:05 am ET (11:05 pm CT) |
| Holston Electric Cooperative outage map | outage.holstonelectric.com | 15 min | Oct 2, 12:05 am ET (11:05 pm CT) |
| Upper Cumberland EMC outage map | outagemap.ucemc.com | 15 min | Oct 2, 12:05 am ET (11:05 pm CT) |
| Tri-County Electric Membership Corporation outage map | outages.tcemc.org | 15 min | Oct 2, 12:05 am ET (11:05 pm CT) |
| U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission: daily power reactor status | www.nrc.gov | 360 min | Oct 1, 8:33 pm ET (7:33 pm CT) |
| NOAA Storm Prediction Center: today's storm reports | www.spc.noaa.gov | 15 min | Oct 2, 12:05 am ET (11:05 pm CT) |
| NOAA Storm Prediction Center: day 1 and day 2 convective outlooks | www.spc.noaa.gov | 30 min | Oct 2, 12:05 am ET (11:05 pm CT) |
| National Weather Service: 7-day forecasts for 15 cities | api.weather.gov | 180 min | Oct 1, 11:35 pm ET (10:35 pm CT) |
| U.S. EPA: daily UV index forecast | data.epa.gov | 360 min | Oct 1, 8:34 pm ET (7:34 pm CT) |
| USGS Water Data API: river water temperature | api.waterdata.usgs.gov | 30 min | Oct 2, 12:05 am ET (11:05 pm CT) |
| WeGo Public Transit (Nashville): GTFS-realtime service alerts | transitdata.nashvillemta.org | 10 min | Oct 2, 12:05 am ET (11:05 pm CT) |
| Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation: state park trail closures | services5.arcgis.com | 60 min | Oct 1, 11:35 pm ET (10:35 pm CT) |
Credits
Attribution and independence
Power outage data
The individual utilities named on each page, and ODIN (Outage Data Initiative Nationwide) from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy. Reactor power levels from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
National parks
National Park Service Data API. National Park Service information is in the public domain.
Weather, rivers and air
National Weather Service, NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center and National Water Prediction Service, USGS water temperature and the EPA UV index. Air quality from AirNow, run by the U.S. EPA with the Tennessee Division of Air Pollution Control and local agencies; AirNow readings are preliminary.
Lakes
Tennessee Valley Authority observed data and release schedules, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District.
Airports, earthquakes, fire, drought
FAA National Airspace System Status. USGS Earthquake Hazards Program. National Interagency Fire Center (WFIGS). U.S. Drought Monitor, produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USDA and NOAA.
Dollywood wait times
Powered by Queue-Times.com. Tennessee Conditions is not affiliated with Dollywood.
An independent site
Tennessee Conditions is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by any agency, utility, airport, park or business named on this site, including the National Park Service, NOAA, the EPA, the FAA, the USGS, the Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Corps of Engineers or the State of Tennessee. No agency logos are used.
Photos
Photograph credits
The photographs at the top of each page and on the section cards.
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All photographs are from Wikimedia Commons, resized for this site.
Questions about Tennessee Conditions data sources
Is Tennessee Conditions an official government site?
No. It is an independent site that reads public feeds from agencies and utilities. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them.
What happens when a source stops updating?
The page shows a notice with the time of the last good reading, and the figures stay labelled with that time until the source recovers.
Where the data for this site comes from
Every reading is credited to its source, with the time it was taken. Corrections and source questions go to the sources page.
Photo: Cumberland Trail at Eagle Bluff. Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0