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 10, 1:56 PM EST, 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 256 PM EDT THU AUG 10 2006 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)...INTERESTING FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON WITH A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL WAVES MOVING SOUTHEAST FROM THE MID-WEST AND OHIO VALLEY SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE FORECAST AREA THE NEXT 24-36 HOURS. ONE SUCH WAVE (MCV) IS MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA. CORFIDI VECTORS SLOWLY TURN MORE SOUTHEAST WITH TIME WHICH SHOULD ALLOW DEVELOPING CONVECTION OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS TO TURN MORE SOUTH TOWARD THE FORECAST AREA. FAIRLY DECENT INSTABILITY ADVECTING INTO THESE STORMS ACROSS CENTRAL-WESTERN KENTUCKY WITH SPC SHOWING MLCAPES OF 4000-4500 J/KG. MLCAPES MUCH LESS OVER EAST TENNESSEE FOR NOW...BUT LATEST RUC SHOWING INCREASING INSTABILITY THROUGH THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON- EVENING. GIVEN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND 500-700 THICKNESS...STORMS SHOULD MOVE TOWARD THE AREA DURING THE EVENING. DUE TO MID-LEVEL DRY AIR AND HIGH PWS...SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE. LATEST HPC EXCESSIVE RAINFALL SHOWS A SLIGHT RISK OF FLASH FLOODING FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST TENNESSEE. CONVECTION WILL WEAKEN BY MIDNIGHT WITH AREAS OF FOG POSSIBLE AGAIN OVERNIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. FOR FRIDAY...BOTH THE NAM AND GFS SHOW COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE FORECAST AREA WITH ANOTHER SHORT-WAVE PRODUCING WIDESPREAD CONVECTION. AIRMASS WILL ONCE AGAIN BECOME MODERATE UNSTABLE WITH CAPES OF 2000-2500 J/KG...SO CAN NOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM. FOR FRIDAY NIGHT AND ESPECIALLY SATURDAY...NAM AND GFS MODELS DIFFER GREATLY IN REGARD TO SHORT-WAVE PASSAGE. GFS MUCH FASTER THAN THE NAM AND LATEST NCEP DISCUSSION SUGGEST NAM IS AN OUTLIER AND SHOULD BE DISGARDED. WILL TREND TOWARD THE LOWER POPS OF THE GFS MODEL. HOWEVER...BOTH MODELS SHOW AN INVERTED TROUGH OF THE AREA WHICH COULD PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SO WILL NOT TAKE POPS OUT TOTALLY. .LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...WATCHING SHORT WAVES DROPPING WELL SOUTH AND EAST OF THE VIEWING AREA ON MODEL PROGS FOR THE EARLY PART OF THE FORECAST PERIOD LEAVING A BIT DRIER AND A LITTLE MORE STABLE ATMOSHPERE IN PLACE. HOWEVER...MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY NEXT SERIES OF WAVES HELPS TO PRESS ANOTHER SYNOPTIC BOUNDARY TOWARD THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS WITH POSSIBILITY OF PASSAGE AROUND TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY TIMEFRAME. DUE TO UNCERTAINTY IN FROPA IN NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN WILL KEEP POPS IN SLIGHT CHANCE CATEGORY FOR NOW. MAINTAIN DRY FORECAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AS SURFACE HIGH BUILDS EAST INTO THE NORTHEASTERN QUARTER OF THE NATION WITH DRIER AND MORE STABLE LOW LEVEL EAST TO NORTHEAST FLOW BEHIND FRONT. STAYED CLOSE TO SUPERIOR GFS MOS CONCERNING TEMPS THROUGH LONG TERM. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 74 89 71 85 / 30 70 40 30 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 73 88 70 83 / 40 70 50 30 OAK RIDGE, TN 72 88 69 83 / 50 70 50 20 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 68 82 65 79 / 60 70 60 30 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && DH/TH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1000 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2006 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-111100- 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- 1000 AM EDT (900 AM CDT) THU AUG 10 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EAST TENNESSEE... LATE THIS MORNING...A STATIONARY FRONT WAS LOCATED ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY WITH VERY WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR SOUTH OF THE FRONT ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST FROM THE OHIO VALLEY TOWARD THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS DISTURBANCE COMBINED WITH THE VERY UNSTABLE AIR IN PLACE WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ILLINOIS...INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY WHICH WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF TENNESSEE LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING DAMAGING DOWNBURSTS WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. ELSEWHERE...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN STATIONARY ACROSS TENNESSEE FRIDAY AND POSSIBLY SATURDAY. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE EACH DAY. THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES DOWN FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN COOLER TEMPERATURES AND FEWER THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY THROUGH MID WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND FRIDAY. DH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1118 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2006 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-102100- CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS- SULLIVAN-JOHNSON-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN- NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE- SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER- SOUTHEAST CARTER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT- BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE- SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK-EAST POLK-LEE- WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...ONEIDA... LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL...SNEEDVILLE...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT... BRISTOL...MOUNTAIN CITY...WARTBURG...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE... MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN...NEWPORT...COSBY... GREENEVILLE...CEDAR CREEK...JOHNSON CITY...ERWIN...ELIZABETHTON... ROAN MOUNTAIN...KINGSTON...LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE...DANDRIDGE... MARYVILLE...CADES COVE...SEVIERVILLE...GATLINBURG...DUNLAP... PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS...MADISONVILLE... COKER CREEK...JASPER...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON... DUCKTOWN...JONESVILLE...WISE...GATE CITY...LEBANON...ABINGDON 1018 AM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 /1118 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2006/ ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EAST TENNESSEE... LATE THIS MORNING...A STATIONARY FRONT WAS LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA TO THE OHIO VALLEY. THE AIRMASS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THIS FRONT WILL BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE DUE TO THE VERY WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THEN MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. ALSO...A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY THEN MOVE TOWARD THE REGION OVERNIGHT. DUE TO THE VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS...SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON THOUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS... TORRENTIAL RAINS...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE GREATEST COVERGE OF STORMS WILL LIKELY BE ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. RESIDENTS ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EAST TENNESSEE SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND FAVORITE RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 238 PM EDT THU AUG 10 2006 TNZ100>102-101930- BRADLEY-EAST POLK-WEST POLK- 238 PM EDT THU AUG 10 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING BRADLEY AND POLK COUNTIES... AT 230 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLEVELAND....MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR...MAY OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 156 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:59 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees down across the southern half of the county near Copperhill.
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