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NWS Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 30, 2:45 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 345 PM EDT THU JUN 30 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)...WEAK SHORTWAVE AND INSTABILITY TRIGGERING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. SCATTERED CONVECTION SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...THEN DIMINISH WITH THE LOSS OF SURFACE HEATING. WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE POPS INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH COLD FRONT ENTERING REGION. FRONT SHOULD PASS THROUGH FRIDAY. PRETTY GOOD INSTABILITY AND UPPER DIVERGENCE ALONG WITH FRONT...WILL KEEP HIGH CHANCE POPS FOR FRIDAY. WITH THE FRONT PASSING THROUGH... STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON. .LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)...STRONGER REENFORCING COOLER AIR ENTERING CWA FROM NORTHWEST WILL BE RUNNING INTO UNSTABLE AIR MASS FRIDAY EVENING...BUT WILL BE STARTING TO STABLIZE AFTER SUNSET. ANOTHER PROBLEM WILL BE THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY LEFT IN AREA FROM AFTERNOON CONVECTION AND POSSIBLE WAVE OF PRECIP FROM EARLIER IN THE DAY. WILL DIMINISH POPS OVERNIGHT...WITH BEST CHANCES IN THE NORTHEAST AND MOUNTAINS. SATURDAY THROUGH ABOUT NOON MONDAY...COOLER/STABLE AIR MASS SAGS INTO REGION...WILL ONLY HAVE SLGT POPS IN APP MOUNTAINS SUNDAY AFTN. BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...WILL START UP SUMMER SHOWER/TSTM REGIME AGAIN. LOOKS LIKE UPPER LEVEL RIDGING EARLY IN THE WEEK WILL GIVE WAY TO TROUGH LATE IN THE WEEK. WILL SLOWLY RAISE POPS DURING WEEK IN ANTICIPATION OF UPPER TROUGH. GENERALLY GOING ON COOL SIDE OF GUIDANCE...THINK OVER THE WEEKEND COOLER AIR MASS WILL FILL IN BETTER THAN MODELS SHOWING...THINK THEY ARE HAVING TROUBLE RESOLVING TERRAIN EFFECTS ON AIR MASS...THINK WHOLE WEST SIDE OF APPS WILL GET FULL COOL AIR MASS OVER WEEKEND...MODELS HINT THAT AIR MASS WONT MODIFY THAT MUCH...BUT THINK IT WILL. ALSO...MODEL HIGH TEMPS LOOK A LITTLE TOO WARM FOR SCENARIO NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 72 91 68 87 / 40 50 20 10 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 70 90 67 86 / 30 50 30 10 OAK RIDGE, TN 69 89 67 85 / 30 50 20 10 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 67 87 64 84 / 30 50 30 10 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC......NONE. TN......NONE. VA......NONE. && GH/GM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 215 PM EDT THU JUN 30 2005 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-011000- 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- 215 PM EDT (115 PM CDT) THU JUN 30 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE (TODAY AND TONIGHT)... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH A FEW ISOLATED STORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON FRIDAY...BRINGING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP ON FRIDAY MAY BECOME SEVERE... WITH THE THREATS DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON FRIDAY. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MRX. GH
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:28 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees and powerlines downed in Gatlinburg and across the county. Reported by Sevier County Electric.
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