An upper level disturbance tracked across southwest North Carolina triggering isolated severe thunderstorms during the afternoon hours. Primary damage reports were for straight-line winds.
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An upper level disturbance tracked across southwest North Carolina triggering isolated severe thunderstorms during the afternoon hours. Primary damage reports were for straight-line winds.
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 Jun 25, 9:00 AM EST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1000 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2007 .DISCUSSION...CONVECTION ALREADY FORMING ACROSS SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE. IT APPEARS TO BE DEVELOPING MAINLY ON THE HIGHER PLATEAU TERRAIN. ATMOSPHERE PROGGED FOR MODERATE INSTABILITY TODAY AND DEWPOINT TEMPS RUNNING A LITTLE HIGHER TODAY SO AREAL COVERAGE WORDING LOOKS GOOD. WILL ADJUST TIMING OF MAIN WEATHER ELEMENTS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE WHERE PRECIP IS OCCURRING. NOT SO SURE THAT LOWER ELEVATIONS ACROSS THIS REGION WILL QUITE MAKE IT INTO THE UPPER 90S TODAY BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS SO WILL TRIM THE HIGH END OF WARMING BACK TO THE MID 90S. EXPECT PULSE STORMS WILL BE ABLE TO PRODUCE SOME SEVERE GUSTS AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO CORRECTLY POSITIONED AREAS OF DRY AIR ON FORECAST SOUNDINGS. && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 500 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2007 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-260900- 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) MON JUN 25 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE WEEK...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION LATER IN THE WEEK...INCREASING THE COVERAGE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AT DIFFERENT PLACES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. DMG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 102 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2007 TNZ012-013-035-251800- CAMPBELL-MORGAN-SCOTT- 102 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2007 ...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING CAMPBELL...MORGAN AND SCOTT COUNTIES... AT 1259 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF JACKSBORO....MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH...AND ANOTHER STORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LA FOLLETTE... ALSO TRACKING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION TO SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 126 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2007 TNZ071-072-251815- BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NW BLOUNT- 126 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING BLOUNT COUNTY... AT 122 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES NORTH OF FONTANA VILLAGE....MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION TO SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. 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.
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:19 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed a tree at Andrews and numerous powerlines countywide.
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