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 4, 2:30 PM EST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 330 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)...DIFFERENTIAL HEATING AND OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS ONCE AGAIN TRIGGERING WIDELY SCATTERED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. ACTIVITY WILL DECREASE WITH LOSE OF HEATING THIS EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY HELPS PUSH WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTO MRX CWA FOR THE WEEKEND. INCREASED MOISTURE FRI AFTN INTO SAT WILL RESULT IN MORE CLOUD COVER AND SHOWERS ACTIVITY. FORECAST CLOUD COVER AND MAX TEMPS FOR SATURDAY POSSIBLY TOO PESSIMISTIC AND MAY BE ADJUSTED IN LATER PACKAGES. TEMPS COOL TO NORMAL. .LONG TERM....(SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...FRONT STALLS ACROSS THE REGION ON SUNDAY...SHOULD BRING SCATTERED ACTIVITY FROM SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...MAINLY DIURNAL. DRIER WEATHER PUSHING IN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...MAY STILL SEE SOME ISOLATED ACTIVITY ON THURSDAY SO WILL ADD 20 POPS FOR THURSDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 71 92 70 88 / 10 20 20 30 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 70 91 69 87 / 10 20 20 30 OAK RIDGE, TN 68 92 69 86 / 10 20 20 30 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 64 90 66 84 / 10 30 30 40 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC......NONE. TN......NONE. VA......NONE. && SON/GH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 515 AM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-051000- 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- 515 AM EDT (415 AM CDT) THU AUG 4 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE (TODAY AND TONIGHT)... 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. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MRX.
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 130 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:32 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees down near Murphy
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