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 17, 2:50 PM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 350 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2005 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT AND THURSDAY)...SKIES HAVE BEEN PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY AS MOISTURE LINGERED WITH A STATIONARY FRONT OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. DAYTIME HEATING INITIATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND THEY ARE NOW SPREADING INTO THE CENTRAL VALLEY. A FEW HAVE DEVELOPED IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS AND IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE. HEAVY RAINFALL WITH A FEW STORMS AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS WITH STRONG STORMS UNTIL EARLY EVENING. WITH LOSS OF HEATING SHOWERS SHOULD DECREASE BUT A SHORTWAVE TRACKING THROUGH KY OVERNIGHT SHOULD AFFECT NORTHERN SECTIONS BY MORNING SO INCREASED CHANCES ALONG THE PLATEAU AND IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. BELIEVE GFS IS OVERDOING THE STRENGTH OF THIS FEATURE THOUGH. THE SOUTHERN END OF THIS SHORTWAVE SHOULD AFFECT THE WHOLE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY NORTH AND ABOUT 50 PERCENT COVERAGE SOUTH. MORE CLOUD COVER WILL KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES COOLER...IN THE LOWER TO MID 80S. .LONG TERM...(THU NIGHT THROUGH WED)...WITH WEAK BOUNDARY LINGERING OVER THE REGION ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE MOISTURE...WILL GO WITH 30 POPS SOUTH AND 50 NORTH CLOSER TO THE BOUNDARY ON FRIDAY. WEAK RIDGE BUILDING IN ALOFT AHEAD OF NEXT TROUGH...AND MAY SEE SOME DRYING...SO JUST 20 POPS SAT. COLD FRONT SHOULD PUSH THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH CHANCE POPS...THEN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTH FOR MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ALONG WITH MUCH DRIER AIR. WILL GO DRY FOR THE MON THROUGH WED PERIOD. WILL NOT STRAY FAR FROM GFS MOS TEMPS THIS RUN. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 72 87 73 93 / 40 50 30 20 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 71 84 71 91 / 40 50 40 30 OAK RIDGE, TN 70 84 71 92 / 40 50 40 30 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 67 83 66 87 / 30 60 50 30 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC......NONE. TN......NONE. VA......NONE. && TD/LDW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 850 AM EDT WED AUG 17 2005 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-181100- 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- 850 AM EDT (750 AM CDT) WED AUG 17 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE (TODAY AND TONIGHT)... A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT IN THE REGION WILL CAUSE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING STRONG TO SEVERE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS THE FRONT LIFTS NORTH WITH DECREASING CHANCES THIS WEEKEND. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THROUGH FRIDAY WITH A THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND POSSIBLY EACH DAY THROUGH FRIDAY. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MRX. TD
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:03 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees and large limbs downed on powerlines across eastern half of county. Reported by Sevier County Electric.
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