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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Morristown, TN

June 14, 2005Roane County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2005, 10:22 PM EDT for Roane County, Tennessee. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 14, 2005, 10:22 PM EDT (02:22 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2005, 10:53 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Roane County, TN

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, 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 this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 14, 7:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 7:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
700 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005

.DISCUSSION...STRONG RADIATIONAL HEATING EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON
COMBINED WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE HAS ALLOW THE AIR MASS TO BECOME
MODERATELY UNSTABLE THIS EVENING.  RADAR INDICATES A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS...KICKED OFF FROM AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...HAS
MOVED INTO THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE MRX CWA.  THE STRONGEST OF
THESE STORMS HAS THE POTENTIAL OF SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY
WINDS.  THE STORMS SHOULD WEAK WITH SUNSET.  THE FRONT SHOULD MOVE
THROUGH AROUND 06Z TO 09Z TONIGHT.  BEHIND THE FRONT...A DRY...MORE
STABLE AIR MASS WILL MOVE IN WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR SLOWLY
FILTERING IN FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.  ALL LOOKS GOOD IN THE CURRENT
FORECAST...WILL UPDATE LATE EVENING TO REMOVE EVENING/MIDNIGHT
WORDING.

&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN             70  91  64  87 /  40  10  10  10
KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN  68  89  62  84 /  40  10  10  10
OAK RIDGE, TN                       67  89  62  84 /  40  10  10  10
TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN              65  87  59  79 /  40  10  20  10

&&
.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC......NONE.
TN......NONE.
VA......NONE.

&&

MJB

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 4:50 AM EDT, 17 hours 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
450 AM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005-
006-008-151100-
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-
450 AM EDT (350 AM CDT) TUE JUN 14 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE (TODAY AND TONIGHT)...

A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND
EARLY WEDNESDAY. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A VERY
WARM...HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION WILL ALLOW
FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS. THE
MAIN THREATS FROM THE STORMS WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING DOWNBURST
WINDS...HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)...

A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY
PROVIDING FOR PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND TRANQUIL WEATHER CONDITIONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IF
SOME OF THE STORMS REACH SEVERE LIMITS.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MRX.

TD

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
610 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005

TNZ012-142300-
SCOTT TN-
610 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005

...GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT SCOTT COUNTY
THROUGH 7 PM...

STRONG WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SCOTT COUNTY
THROUGH 7 PM AS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EAST AROUND 35 MPH. LOCAL
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WHICH COULD CAUSE SOME MINOR
FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND STREETS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

DMG

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
645 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005

TNZ013-142330-
CAMPBELL-
645 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005

...GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT NORTHERN
CAMPBELL COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM...

STRONG WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN CAMPBELL
COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM AS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EAST AROUND 35
MPH. LOCAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WHICH COULD CAUSE
SOME MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND STREETS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

DMG

Local storm report, Jun 14, 8:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
851 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0630 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ONEIDA                  36.50N 84.51W
06/14/2005                   SCOTT              TN   PUBLIC

            TREE DOWN AND CAR MOVED BY WIND IN NORTH ONEIDA. PUBLIC
            REPORT.

0745 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ONEIDA                  36.50N 84.51W
06/14/2005                   SCOTT              TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN COUNTY WIDE. REPORTED BY
            SHERIFFS OFFICE.

0755 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HARROGATE-SHAWANEE      36.58N 83.64W
06/14/2005                   CLAIBORNE          TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN THE HARROGATE AREA.
            REPORTED BY A DEPUTY SHERIFF.

0830 PM     HAIL             LONE MOUNTAIN           36.39N 83.59W
06/14/2005  0.75 INCH        CLAIBORNE          TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL IN LONE MOUNTAIN. REPORTED BY 911
            DISPATCH.

&&

MEP

Local storm report, Jun 14, 10:09 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1009 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0820 PM     TSTM WND DMG     S JONESVILLE            36.69N 83.12W
06/14/2005                   LEE                VA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE COMPLETELY BLOCKING ROAD TO FRIENDSHIP HOLLOW IN
            SOUTH JONESVILLE. REPORTED BY 911 DISPATCHER.

0840 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WARTBURG                36.10N 84.59W
06/14/2005                   MORGAN             TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FEW TREES DOWN IN A SCHOOL YARD IN WARTBURG. REPORTED BY
            SHERIFFS OFFICE.

0845 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SE WISE               36.95N 82.54W
06/14/2005                   WISE               VA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FEW TREES DOWN BETWEEN WISE AND COEBURN. REPORTED BY 911
            DISPATCHER.

0915 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 E OLIVER SPRINGS      36.04N 84.32W
06/14/2005                   ANDERSON           TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN ON RICHARDS DRIVE. REPORTED BY POLICE DEPT.

0915 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CLINTON                 36.09N 84.13W
06/14/2005                   ANDERSON           TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS NORTH HALF OF COUNTY. REPORTED
            BY SHERIFFS OFFICE.

0920 PM     TSTM WND DMG     KNOXVILLE               35.97N 83.95W
06/14/2005                   KNOX               TN   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TREE DOWN ON CUNNINGHAM ROAD. REPORTED BY RURAL METRO.

0930 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BIG RIDGE STATE PARK    36.26N 83.92W
06/14/2005                   UNION              TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN BIG RIDGE STATE PARK. REPORTED BY
            SHERIFFS OFFICE.

&&

MEP

The office that day

Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 8:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Scott	44 min
Jun 14, 8:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Claiborne, Grainger	50 min
Jun 14, 8:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hawkins	47 min
Jun 14, 8:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Anderson, Campbell	53 min
Jun 14, 8:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Roane	33 min
Jun 14, 9:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Knox, Union	52 min
Jun 14, 8:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Wise, City of Norton	43 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.