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 Jun 30, 1:29 PM EST, 4 hours 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 229 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 2006 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT AND SATURDAY)...UPPER FLOW WILL BECOME MORE ZONAL THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS TROUGH OVER THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES MOVES EAST. HEIGHT RISE ARE IN STORE FOR THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS...SO WARMER TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED FOR SATURDAY. ONLY FLY IN THE OINTMENT WILL BE ANY DYING MCS FROM THE MID- WEST/WESTERN OHIO VALLEY PULLING CLOUD COVER INTO THE REGION...MAINLY OVERNIGHT. VISIBLE SATELLITE SHOWED FOG...SOME DENSE ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND FAR NORTHEAST TENNESSEE THIS MORNING. NAM SHOWS THE POTENTIAL OF SEEING SOME PATCHY DENSE FOG THERE TONIGHT. NAM AND GFS SHOW INCREASING MOISTURE THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS SURFACE HIGH MOVES EAST OF THE REGION WITH A SLOW RISE OF PWS. AIRMASS WILL BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH CAPES AROUND 2500 J/KG AND LIFTED INDICES OF -6 TO -7. HOWEVER...ONLY LIFTING MECHANISM WILL BE LOCAL TERRAIN. WILL ADD A SLIGHT POP FOR THE MOUNTAINS ZONES FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON/EVENING. .LONG TERM...(SAT NIGHT THROUGH FRI)...LOOKS LIKE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE RATHER DRY ON SUNDAY...AND MODELS SHOWING A DRIER MONDAY NOW AS WELL. INSTABILITY LOOKS LIMITED...AND WITH NO SIGNIFICANT FORCING EXPECTED WILL KEEP THINGS DRY SUNDAY...AND CONTINUE CURRENT FORECAST OF SLIGHT CHANCE POPS MONDAY FOR NOW. GFS HAS BACKED OFF ON MOISTENING THINGS UP SO QUICKLY TUESDAY NOW AS WELL...AND WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE THAT TREND CONTINUE WITH FRONT STILL WELL TO OUR NORTH. WILL CONTINUE WITH LOW CHANCE POPS TUE FOR NOW...BUT LATER MODEL RUNS MAY PROMPT A CHANGE INTO THE SLIGHT CHANCE RANGE. STILL LOOKS LIKE A COLD FRONT WILL SAG INTO THE AREA IN THE WED OR WED NIGHT TIME FRAME...AND SHOULD PASS TO OUR SOUTH BY THU. HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE NOT HIGH ON HOW FAST/HOW FAR SOUTH THIS FRONT WILL MAKE IT. AFTER CHANCE POPS FOR WED AND WED NIGHT...WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE GOING INTO THU. DRY THU NIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR NOW...ASSUMING FRONT DOES INDEED MAKE IT SIGNIFICANTLY SOUTH OF OUR AREA...BUT CONFIDENCE LOW FOR LATTER PART OF FORECAST. WILL MAKE A FEW TWEAKS TO GFS MOS TEMPS...BUT OVERALL THEY LOOK TO BE IN THE BALLPARK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 65 93 67 94 / 10 10 10 10 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 64 90 67 92 / 10 10 10 10 OAK RIDGE, TN 63 92 67 93 / 10 10 10 10 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 56 87 60 90 / 10 10 10 10 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && DH/LDW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 530 AM EDT FRI JUN 30 2006 INCLUDED A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST TENNESSEE FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-011000- 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- 530 AM CDT FRI JUN 30 2006 /430 AM EDT FRI JUN 30 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. MJB
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
638 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 2006
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..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0544 PM HAIL CHATTANOOGA 35.07N 85.26W
06/30/2006 E0.88 INCH HAMILTON TN AMATEUR RADIO
PEA TO NICKEL HAIL IN NORTH CAHATTANOOGA. REPORTED BY
SPOTTER.
0617 PM HAIL 2 N ATHENS 35.48N 84.60W
06/30/2006 E0.88 INCH MCMINN TN AMATEUR RADIO
NICKEL HAIL ON HWY 11 2MI NORTH OF ATHENS.
0625 PM HAIL ATHENS 35.45N 84.60W
06/30/2006 E1.00 INCH MCMINN TN AMATEUR RADIO
QUARTER HAIL ON CRESTWAY CIRCLE IN ATHENS. REPORTED BY
SPOTTER.
0630 PM HAIL ETOWAH 35.33N 84.53W
06/30/2006 E1.75 INCH MCMINN TN AMATEUR RADIO
GOLF BALL HAIL ON COUNTY ROAD 783 NEAR ETOWAH. REPORTED
BY SPOTTER.
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MEPThe Knoxville radar (KMRX), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:57 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Large limbs downed on a powerline near Clinton.
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