Severe Thunderstorm Warning 227, NWS Morristown, TN

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
148 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS FOR A FEW HOURS THIS AFTERNOON BUT
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AFTER 20Z SHOULD BRING
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TAF SITES WITH GUSTY WINDS. THEN WITH UPPER
TROUGH DROPPING SOUTH INTO TN HAVE PUT PREVAILING SHOWERS AFTER 6Z
WITH MVFR FOG AT CHA AND TRI. COULD HAVE SOME THUNDERSTORMS DURING
THE NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING BUT NOT SURE TIMING SO JUST HAVE CB
WITH CLOUDS BUT NEXT SET MAY NEED TO ADD VICINITY THUNDERSTORMS.
&&

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

TD

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
930 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-231000-
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-
930 AM EDT (830 AM CDT) TUE JUL 22 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY WILL MOVE
SOUTHEAST INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE...PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY...WITH
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AGAIN. SOME OF THESE
STORMS COULD POSSIBLY BE SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE
HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL.

ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY APPROACH THE REGION BY THE END OF THE
WEEK...WITH ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE EACH DAY FROM
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND AGAIN
ON WEDNESDAY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
153 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008

TNZ081-082-221845-
BLEDSOE-SEQUATCHIE-
1253 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE AFFECTING BLEDSOE AND SEQUATCHIE
COUNTIES...

AT 1246 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DUNLAP...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

IN ADDITION TO SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES PRIMARY KILLERS. REMEMBER...
IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

LCM