1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Aug 16, 2:44 PM EST, 5 hours 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 344 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2005 .SHORT TERM...ONGOING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR 4 OF OUR VA COUNTIES UNTIL EARLY EVENING. CONVECTION CONTINUES MOVING E ACROSS SE KY...BUT CONVECTION HAS DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY AS IT MOVES INTO AN AREA WHERE THE AIR MASS IS NOT AS STABLE AS FURTHER W. ADDITIONAL CONVECTION MOVING E ACROSS PARTS OF W AND CENTRAL MIDDLE TN. SOME OF THIS CONVECTION MAY MOVE INTO OUR W AREAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVE. A WEAK COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA LATER TONIGHT. SOME OF THE PRECIPITATION MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY SHOULD UNDERGO SOME DISSIPATION AFTER DAYTIME HEATING ENDS THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...WITH WNW UPPER LEVEL FLOW OVERNIGHT ALONG WITH SOME WEAK VORTICITY AROUND...EXPECT THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO PERSIST OVERNIGHT. FRONTAL SYSTEM MAY MOVE JUST S OF OUR AREA BY DAYBREAK WED MORNING ...THEN REMAIN STATIONARY UNTIL IT BEGINS MOVING N AS A WARM FRONT WED NIGHT INTO THU. SO CHANCES OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE. .LONG TERM...EARLY IN THE WEEKEND...A MORE SUMMER TYPE PATTERN TAKES HOLD AGAIN BRIEFLY...AS UPPER LEVEL HEIGHTS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA IN RESPONSE TO UPPER LEVEL RIDGING THAT EXPANDS NE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS STATES. UPPER FLOW HOWEVER DOES BEGIN TURNING MORE FROM THE W TO WNW OR NW BY SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUES THAT WAY THROUGH REST OF FORECAST PERIOD...SO A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 73 88 72 87 / 40 50 50 50 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 72 88 70 85 / 50 50 50 50 OAK RIDGE, TN 71 88 70 85 / 60 50 40 50 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 69 84 66 83 / 60 40 40 60 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC......NONE. TN......NONE. VA......NONE. && STEIGERWALDT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 600 AM EDT TUE AUG 16 2005 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-171000- 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- 600 AM EDT (500 AM CDT) TUE AUG 16 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE (TODAY AND TONIGHT)... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH A FEW ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP EACH DAY NEXT WEEK...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. A FEW ISOLATED STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE EACH DAY WITH THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND AT TIMES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MRX. HW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 639 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2005 VAZ002-005-006-008-170100- RUSSELL-SCOTT VA-WASHINGTON VA-WISE- 739 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 723 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING FOUR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES... RUSSELL...SCOTT...WASHINGTON AND WISE. ALTHOUGH THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. STEIGERWALDT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN ISSUED BY NWS NASHVILLE 809 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2005 TNZ099-100-170200- BRADLEY-HAMILTON- 909 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST HAMILTON COUNTY... AT 805 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS... DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST HAMILTON COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE THROUGH BRADLEY COUNTY BETWEEN 9:50 TO 10:00 PM EDT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OF ONE TO 2 INCHES CAN OCCUR IN THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN DUE TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. END/ORCHANIAN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN ISSUED BY NWS NASHVILLE 811 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2005 TNZ012>014-035>038-067>069-071-081>086-098>101-170301- ANDERSON-BLEDSOE-BRADLEY-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-GRAINGER-HAMILTON-KNOX- LOUDON-MARION-MCMINN-MEIGS-MORGAN-NW BLOUNT-NW MONROE-RHEA-ROANE- SCOTT TN-SEQUATCHIE-UNION-WEST POLK- 811 PM CDT (911 PM EDT) TUE AUG 16 2005 THROUGH 1000 PM...YOU CAN EXPECT A BAND OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN TENNESSEE...MAINLY BETWEEN THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND INTERSTATE 75. SHORTLY AFTER 800 PM...THE BAND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS REACHED FROM NEAR ONEIDA ...TO NEAR ROCKWOOD...CHATTANOOGA...AND JASPER. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONCENTRATED OVER SOUTHERN AREAS...AROUND CHATTANOOGA. YOU CAN EXPECT THESE STORMS TO CONTAIN BRIEF DOWNPOURS OF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 30 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES. 19
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN ISSUED BY NWS NASHVILLE 830 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2005 TNZ099-100-170215- BRADLEY-HAMILTON- 930 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2005 ..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST HAMILTON AND SOUTHWEST BRADLEY COUNTIES... AT 825 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS... DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MAINLY THE SOUTHERN PART OF BRADLEY COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE THROUGH BRADLEY COUNTY BY AROUND 10:15 PM EDT. EXPECT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OF ABOUT 1 TO 2 INCHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN...DUE TO PONDING OF WATER ON WET ROADS... TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. 19
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN ISSUED BY NWS NASHVILLE 830 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2005 ...CORRECTED TIME OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS... TNZ099-100-170215- BRADLEY-HAMILTON- 930 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2005 ..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST HAMILTON AND SOUTHWEST BRADLEY COUNTIES... AT 925 PM EDT ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MAINLY THE SOUTHERN PART OF BRADLEY COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE THROUGH BRADLEY COUNTY BY AROUND 10:15 PM EDT. EXPECT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OF ABOUT 1 TO 2 INCHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN...DUE TO PONDING OF WATER ON WET ROADS...TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. 06
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:35 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 16 year old boy was walking toward his home in the Bumpus Cove area when lightning struck nearby, knocking him unconscious. He was taken by ambulance to Johnson City Medical Center for treatment. He was not seriously injured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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