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 Apr 26, 1:48 PM EST, 5 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 248 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2005 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT AND WED)...COLD FRONT CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE WILL SWING ACROSS OUR AREA THIS EVENING. NOT MUCH INSTABILITY AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...BUT STILL CAN NOT RULE OUT A RUMBLE OR TWO OF THUNDER EARLY. EXPECT SOME AT LEAST PARTIAL CLEARING BEHIND THE FRONT...BUT EXPECT CLOUDS TO INCREASE AGAIN...ESPECIALLY NORTH...AS UPPER TROUGH MOVES IN LATER TONIGHT. MAY SEE A FEW SHOWERS MAINLY NORTH TOMORROW...AS LAPSE RATES WILL BE FAIRLY STEEP WITH THE COLD AIR ALOFT. WILL CARRY 20 POPS CENTRAL AND 30 NORTH. WILL NOT STRAY FAR FROM MAV TEMPS THIS RUN. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)...SURFACE HIGH BUILDS IN KEEPING WEDNESDAY NIGHT DRY. MODELS INDICATING A WARM FRONT MOVING IN LATE THURSDAY...THINK BEST MOISTURE WILL STAY NORTH...BUT WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR THURSDAY AND CHANCE POPS FOR THURSDAY NIGHT. FRONT STALLS NEAR THE AREA ON FRIDAY...WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS GOING FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. MODELS INDICATING DECENT INSTABILITY...ADDED THUNDER FOR FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. A SURFACE LOW/COLD FRONT ENTERS THE PICTURE ON SATURDAY...BUMP UP POPS TO 50 PERCENT FOR LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. UPPER TROUGH FOLLOWING ON SUNDAY...SO KEPT CHANCE POPS GOING. DRY WEATHER RETURNS ON MONDAY. GFS ADVERTISING ANOTHER SHORTWAVE MOVING IN ON TUESDAY...KEPT IT DRY FOR NOW. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 45 69 45 74 / 40 10 10 20 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 45 64 43 68 / 50 20 10 30 OAK RIDGE, TN 43 63 43 67 / 40 20 10 30 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 43 60 39 65 / 70 30 10 30 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC......NONE. TN......NONE. VA......NONE. && LDW/GH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 500 AM EDT TUE APR 26 2005 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-270900- 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- 500 AM EDT (400 AM CDT) TUE APR 26 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE (TODAY AND TONIGHT)... A COLD FRONT WILL BRING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. HOWEVER...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED FROM THIS SYSTEM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)... ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT MAY BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION BY THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS UNLIKELY AT THIS TIME. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MRX. LCM
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:27 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Bradley County EMA reported straight line wind damage across a 2 mile path in Cleveland. 13 structures were damaged.
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