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 Jun 17, 8:20 AM EST, 6 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 920 AM EDT THU JUN 17 2004 .DISCUSSION...AN UPPER RIDGE REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. AS A WEAK WAVE RIDES ALONG AN OLD BOUNDARY LAYING TO OUR NORTH AND WEST. LOW LEVELS REMAIN MOIST AND WITH DAYTIME HEATING...OUR AIR MASS WILL DESTABILIZE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED OVER CENTRAL TENNESSEE THIS MORNING WITH THE BOUNDARY ACTING AS THE MAIN FOCUS. WITH THE CONVECTION ALREADY DEVELOPED AND WITH THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMING MODERATELY UNSTABLE...EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MRX AREA THIS AFTERNOON. ALL LOOKS GOOD IN CURRENT FORECAST...WILL UPDATE TO REMOVE MORNING FOG WORDING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 89 73 89 73 / 20 20 30 30 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 87 72 88 71 / 30 30 30 30 OAK RIDGE, TN 87 71 87 70 / 30 30 30 30 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 85 68 87 67 / 40 40 30 30 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && MJB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 405 AM EDT THU JUN 17 2004 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-180900- 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- 405 AM EDT (305 AM CDT) THU JUN 17 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE (TODAY AND TONIGHT)... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HOWEVER...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. STAY TUNED OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MRX. LCM
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:18 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees down on HWY 70 and on Ruritan Road between Midtown and Harriman
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
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