1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 29, 2:05 PM EST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 305 PM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND MONDAY)...NUMEROUS TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK ACROSS THE MRX CWA THIS EVENING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL SLOWLY SLIDE INTO THE AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ENOUGH MOISTURE AND DYNAMICS WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION FOR CONTINUED CONVECTION FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...THE CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL WILL BE INCREASED TONIGHT OVER OUR FAR NORTHEAST ZONES AS SOME ADDITIONALLY MOISTURE IS WRAPPED AROUND INTO THE AREA AS GASTON LIFTS NORTHWARD. OTHERWISE... PRECIP WILL LINGER ACROSS THE AREA INTO MONDAY AS THE FRONT AND THE REMNANTS OF GASTON SLOWLY WEAKEN AND EXIT THE REGION. A DRY AND MORE STABLE AIR MASS WILL BEGIN TO MOVE IN BEHIND THE FRONT BY MID DAY MONDAY...ALLOWING PRECIP CHANCES TO SLOWLY DIMINISH. .LONG TERM (MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...BRINGING DRY AND MILD WEATHER ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA. HOWEVER...WILL MENTION A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR CONVECTION ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AS GFS MODEL INDICATES SOME LINGERING MOISTURE OVER THE CAROLINAS. WIND FLOW ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA BECOMES MORE SOUTHERLY ON THURSDAY... BRINGING INCREASING MOISTURE LEVELS AND TYPICAL SUMMER CONDITIONS WITH ISOLATED DIURNAL CONVECTION EACH DAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA, TN 69 85 66 86 / 60 20 20 10 KNOXVILLE, TN 67 83 66 84 / 60 20 30 10 TRI-CITIES, TN 65 80 63 82 / 60 40 40 10 OAK RIDGE, TN 67 81 65 84 / 60 20 20 10 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && MJB/DMG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 508 AM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-301000- 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- 508 AM EDT (408 AM CDT) SUN AUG 29 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE (TODAY AND TONIGHT)... SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. HOWEVER...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY PRODUCING ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...HOWEVER NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MRX. DH
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:19 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Few trees down at the intersection of Rutledge Pike and Ellistown Road
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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