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 19, 1:33 PM EST, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 233 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2005 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT AND SATURDAY)...SOUTHEASTERN CONUS PROJECTED TO REMAIN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN EXPANDING UPPER RIDGE THROUGH THE SHORT TERM...WITH HEIGHTS RISING INCREMENTALLY OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD. THUS...A CONTINUATION OF TYPICAL SUMMER-TYPE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED FEATURING EVEN WARMER TEMPERATURES AND SCATTERED... MAINLY DIURNAL CONVECTION. GFS GUIDANCE POPS AND TEMPS APPEAR REASONABLE AND HAVE BEEN USED AS A BASIS FOR FORECAST THROUGH THE PERIOD. .LONG TERM...(SAT NIGHT THROUGH FRI)...NAM A BIT FASTER THAN THE GFS WITH PUSHING THE FRONT THROUGH...AND QUICKER BRINGING DRIER AIR IN BEHIND THE FRONT SUNDAY NIGHT. THINK A COMPROMISE IS THE BEST WAY TO GO FOR NOW. WILL GO WITH SLIGHT CHANCE SOUTH SAT NIGHT...CHANCE NORTH...THEN CHANCE ALL ZONES SUNDAY WITH THE FRONT. WILL CARRY SLIGHT CHANCE POPS INTO EARLY SUN NIGHT...THEN DRY. WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE NORTH ALONG WITH DRIER AIR...WILL KEEP THE FORECAST DRY THROUGH THU. WILL ADD SLIGHT CHANCE TO FRI AS RETURN FLOW MAY BRING ENOUGH MOISTURE FOR SOME PRECIP BY THEN. NO MAJOR ARGUMENTS WITH GFS MOS TEMPS THIS RUN. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 73 95 74 93 / 20 30 20 40 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 72 92 72 90 / 20 30 30 40 OAK RIDGE, TN 71 93 72 90 / 20 30 30 40 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 68 90 68 87 / 40 30 30 40 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC......NONE. TN......NONE. VA......NONE. && LCM/LDW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 530 AM EDT FRI AUG 19 2005 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-201100- 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- 530 AM EDT (730 AM CDT) FRI AUG 19 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. HOWEVER...NORMAL SUMMERTIME DIURNAL CONVECTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE MRX CWA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION ON SUNDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH A THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MRX. MJB
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
257 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2005
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0325 PM TSTM WND DMG 9 E LOUDON 35.74N 84.20W
08/18/2005 LOUDON TN UTILITY COMPANY
FEW TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES. REPORTED BY FT LOUDON
ELECTRIC.
0620 PM TSTM WND DMG CHATTANOOGA 35.07N 85.26W
08/18/2005 HAMILTON TN UTILITY COMPANY
FEW TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES IN EAST BRAINERD AREA.
REPORTED BY ELECTRIC POWER BOARD.
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MEPThe Knoxville radar (KMRX), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:32 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees down on powerlines near Lake City. Reported by Clinton Utilities.
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