1 thunderstorm wind, 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 20, 9:00 AM EST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1000 AM EDT SUN AUG 20 2006 .DISCUSSION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING WITH AN MCS MOVING INTO EASTERN KY ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF WEAK COLD FRONT AT THIS TIME. EXPECT MCS TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY BY THE TIME IT REACHES SW VA BUT THIS AREA HAS BEST CHANCE OF RAIN LATE THIS MORNING. EXTENSIVE CLOUDS AND SOME FOG ELSEWHERE IS KEEPING TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60S TO MID 70S. THIS FRONT WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND WITH THE ATMOSPHERE VERY MOIST AND DAYTIME HEATING SOME LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR. BEST FOCUS FOR HEAVY RAIN SHOULD STAY NORTHWEST OF THE CWA IN KY. LATEST RUC DATA SHOWS PRECIPITATION INCREASING LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE GFS/NAM GENERALLY SHOW THIS TOO WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NORTHERN AREAS FIRST AND SOUTHERN AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. WILL CONTINUE HIGH POPS AND RAISE THEM SLIGHTLY FOR LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. ALSO ADJUSTING HOURLY TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINTS. && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && TD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 522 AM EDT SUN AUG 20 2006 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-211000- 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- 422 AM CDT SUN AUG 20 2006 /522 AM EDT SUN AUG 20 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA TODAY...BRINGING THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE TODAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1035 AM EDT SUN AUG 20 2006 VAZ001-002-201530- LEE-WISE- 1035 AM EDT SUN AUG 20 2006 ...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE CITY OF NORTON...LEE AND WISE COUNTIES... AT 1031 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS JUST WEST OF LEE AND WISE COUNTIES....MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WINDS OF AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR...MAY OCCUR WITH THESE SHOWERS AND 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 TD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1252 PM EDT SUN AUG 20 2006 TNZ036-067>069-201745- ANDERSON-KNOX-LOUDON-ROANE- 1252 PM EDT SUN AUG 20 2006 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING ANDERSON...KNOX...LOUDON AND ROANE COUNTIES... AT 1248 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER KNOX...LOUDON AND ROANE COUNTIES... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION TO SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES PRIMARY KILLERS. REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. TD
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:48 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees down in Maryville.
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