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 29, 2:26 PM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 326 PM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT AND WED)...RADAR SHOWS CONVECTION OVER OUR AREA AND TO THE WEST. WEAK COLD FRONT PUSHING IN WILL COMBINE WITH WEAK SHORT WAVE ENERGY AND VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE OVER THE AREA TO PROVIDE DECENT COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. WILL GO LIKELY ALL ZONES. FRONT WILL WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE OUT AND WILL STILL BE OVER THE AREA TOMORROW...WILL HAVE TO KEEP LIKELY POPS GOING NORTH AND EAST...CHANCE ELSEWHERE. GFS MOS TEMPS LOOK REASONABLE OVERALL...SO JUST A FEW TWEAKS. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)...UPPER TROUGH TRACKING THROUGH THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT...ALONG WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE...WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS GOING FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TPC/HPC LATEST TRACK OF REMNANTS OF TS ERNESTO FOLLOWED THE GFS WHICH WAS FURTHER WEST THEN PREVIOUS RUNS. STORM NOW EXPECTED TO TRACK THROUGH THE CAROLINAS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...WITH GOOD MOISTURE AND LIFT...WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS GOING FOR BOTH DAYS. UPPER LOW ROTATING IN FOR THE WEEKEND PROVIDING SOME DIFFLUENCE ALOFT AND SOME INSTABILITY ALONG SOME RESIDUAL MOISTURE...WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS GOING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER FRONT PUSHES IN FOR MONDAY AND LINGERS INTO TUESDAY...KEEP 20/30 POPS GOING BOTH DAYS FOR NOW. STAYED CLOSE TO HPC AND MEX GUIDANCE FOR TEMPERATURES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 72 87 68 85 / 50 40 40 40 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 70 85 67 84 / 60 40 40 40 OAK RIDGE, TN 71 85 66 84 / 60 40 40 40 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 68 80 65 81 / 60 60 40 40 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && LDW/GH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 500 AM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-300900- 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- 500 AM EDT (400 AM CDT) TUE AUG 29 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO RE-DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THE LATEST FORECASTED TRACK OF TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO IS ACROSS FLORIDA THURSDAY...THEN NORTH TO NORTHEAST ALONG COASTAL SECTIONS OF THE CAROLINAS. BASED ON THIS EXPECTED COURSE...SOME TROPICAL MOISTURE AND A CHANCE OF SHOWERS...COULD AT LEAST BRUSH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN AREAS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. LCM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 431 PM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006 TNZ067-068-292130- LOUDON-ROANE- 431 PM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING LOUDON AND ROANE COUNTIES... AT 427 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTH OF ROCKWOOD....MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE STORM IS ALSO PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... LOUDON BY 510 PM EDT. LENOIR CITY BY 525 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND EAST TENNESSEE. TD
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 26 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:13 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Five trees down in and around Mooresburg.
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