Tennessee, 2001

Hail in Tennessee, June 29, 2001

June 29, 2001 · NWS MRX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Near Interstate 81.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.

Near Interstate 81.

What forecasters said that day

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 Jun 29, 2:23 PM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 2:23 PM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
323 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2001

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD UP THE VALLEY THIS
AFTERNOON. EXPECT THIS AREA OF STORMS TO CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD
AND AFFECT NE TN AND SW VA INTO THE EVENING. COULD ALSO SEE MORE
STORMS DEVELOP IN SE TN AND SW NC WHERE THEY WILL HAVE THE MOST
TIME TO DESTABILIZE AGAIN.

MODELS CONTINUE TO BE IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH THE FILLING IN OF THE
UPPER LOW...AS IT MOVES SLOWLY SOUTHWEST. ALL OF THE MODELS INDICATE
THAT THE WEAK SHORTWAVE OVER AL WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CWA AS IT
WEAKENS TONIGHT. OTHERWISE MORE OF THE SAME...DECENT MOISTURE...
INSTABILITY...AND WEAK FORCING LEADING TO AFTERNOON AND EVENING
STORMS. MAV/FWC TEMPS ARE CLOSE AND WILL FOLLOW THEM.

MOST OF THE STORMS TONIGHT WILL DISSIPATE WITH THE LOSS OF THE
HEATING. HOWEVER WILL KEEP THE CHANCE POPS GOING THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT IN NE TN AND SW VA...GIVEN THAT THE 50H SHORTWAVE WILL
STILL BE MOVE THROUGH THE REGION.

WITH THE 50H LOW WEAKENING AND MOVING FATHER AWAY...EVEN THE 50H
SHORTWAVES STOP PIVOTING AROUND FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. FLOW IS
WEAK SO UPSLOPE COMPONENT WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO BE WEAK.
HOWEVER...CAPES ARE STILL EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 1500 AND 2500 J/KG
ON BOTH DAYS. THERE IS ENOUGH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY TO KEEP SCT
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST FOR BOTH DAYS.

AS FOR THE EXTENDED...IT LOOKS AS IF THE LONG RANGE MODELS ARE NOW
SUGGESTING THAT U/L RIDGING IN THE WEST WILL LEAD TO U/L TROUGHING
IN THE EAST. AT THE SURFACE...THE WEATHER FEATURES ARE EVEN MORE
SUPPORTIVE FOR PRECIPITATION (MAINLY DIURNAL)...AS FRONTAL BOUNDARIES
WILL APPROACH OR MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA. THE ONLY PERIOD
CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO GO WITH DRY CONDITIONS WILL BE ON FRIDAY.

FCSTID = 25
CHA   67  86  68  87 /  30  30  20  30
TYS   67  85  68  86 /  30  30  20  30
TRI   64  83  64  84 /  40  30  20  30
OQT   66  85  67  86 /  30  30  20  30

.MRX...
NC...NONE.
TN...NONE.
VA...NONE.

RBP

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 29, 1:51 PM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
251 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0215 PM    STRAWBERRY PLAINS         TN   WIND DAMAGE
06/29/01   JEFFERSON                      TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          SPOTTER.

DAE

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Greene

When
June 29, 3:50 PM EST
Where
Greene County, Jearoldstown
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
36.367, -82.700

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

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Sources

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: 5251702.