1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 14, 6:45 PM EST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 745 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004 .DISCUSSION...A COMPLEX WEATHER PATTERN IS IN PLACE OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING. AN OLD STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS DRAPED ALONG OUR WESTERN BORDER WITH A COLD FRONT TO THE NORTHWEST. ADDITIONALLY ...BOUNDARIES LIE OVER OUR AREA AND TO OUR EAST AND SOUTH ASSOCIATED WITH PRIOR CONVECTION AS WELL AS FROM AN APPROACHING SYSTEM OVER THE GULF COAST REGION. ALL THIS COMBINED WITH A WEAK TO MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND PLENTIFUL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ACROSS THE MRX CWA HAS ALLOWED EVENING CONVECTION TO FORM. THUNDERSTORMS SLOWLY DECREASING IN STRENGTH AND COVERAGE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. HOWEVER...ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED OVERNIGHT AS A BAND LIFTS NORTH OUT OF AL AND GA. ALL ON TRACK IN CURRENT FORECAST...WILL UPDATE LATER TONIGHT TO REMOVE MIDNIGHT WORDING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 72 79 72 87 / 60 60 40 40 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 71 80 70 86 / 50 60 40 40 OAK RIDGE, TN 70 79 70 85 / 50 60 40 40 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 68 79 68 84 / 50 60 40 40 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && MJB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 300 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-151000- ANDERSON TN-BLEDSOE TN-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN-BRADLEY TN- CAMPBELL TN-CHEROKEE NC-CLAIBORNE TN-CLAY NC- COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN-EAST POLK TN-GRAINGER TN-HAMBLEN TN- HAMILTON TN-HANCOCK TN-HAWKINS TN-JEFFERSON TN-JOHNSON TN-KNOX TN- LEE VA-LOUDON TN-MARION TN-MCMINN TN-MEIGS TN-MORGAN TN- NORTH SEVIER TN-NORTHWEST CARTER TN-NORTHWEST COCKE TN- NORTHWEST GREENE TN-NORTHWEST MONROE TN-NW BLOUNT TN-RHEA TN- ROANE TN-RUSSELL VA-SCOTT VA-SCOTT TN-SEQUATCHIE TN- SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN-SOUTHEAST CARTER TN-SOUTHEAST GREENE TN- SOUTHEAST MONROE TN-SULLIVAN TN-UNICOI TN-UNION TN-WASHINGTON VA- WASHINGTON TN-WEST POLK TN-WISE VA- 300 PM EDT (405 AM CDT) MON JUN 14 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE (TODAY AND TONIGHT)... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION ...INCREASING IN COVERAGE BY EARLY EVENING. AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES ...THESE STORMS AND SHOWERS WILL BECOME MOST WIDESPREAD IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST TENNESSEE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM...BUT ESPECIALLY IN THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. RAIN RATES IN THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS COULD EXCEED ONE INCH PER HOUR...AND OVER TWO INCHES IN THREE HOURS. MOST SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MPH. IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA THAT IS NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE...OR IF YOU HAVE HAD FLOODING RECENTLY...BE VERY CAREFUL. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR LOCAL FLOODING TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. IF YOU COME TO A FLOODED OR CLOSED ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG ENOUGH MONDAY EVENING TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL OR MODERATE GUSTY WINDS. THESE...HOWEVER...WILL BE ISOLATED AND WILL NOT LAST LONG. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH THE THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS REMAINING GREATER THAN THE LIKELIHOOD OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE GULF COAST REGION...AND A COLD FRONT SAGGING SOUTHWARD FROM THE OHIO VALLEY REGION...WILL BE THE MAIN FEATURES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WET WEATHER. THE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY DIMINISH BY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. STAY TUNED OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MRX. BB/KG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
516 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0453 PM HAIL KINGSPORT 36.53N 82.56W
06/14/2004 0.88 INCH SULLIVAN TN PUBLIC
NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN EAST KINGSPORT.
0510 PM TSTM WND DMG BRISTOL TN 36.57N 82.20W
06/14/2004 SULLIVAN TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
LOTS OF TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.
&&
MEPPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
636 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0605 PM TSTM WND DMG LEBANON 36.90N 82.08W
06/14/2004 RUSSELL VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
&&
GRCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
850 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0820 PM TSTM WND DMG RUTLEDGE 36.27N 83.52W
06/14/2004 GRAINGER TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
&&
GRCThe Knoxville radar (KMRX), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:17 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Car submerged on Kingston Pike as flash flood waters invaded area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, June 2004
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: 5403490.