Pulse thunderstorms developed in the late day heat across Southeast Tennessee.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
Pulse thunderstorms developed in the late day heat across Southeast Tennessee.
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 Jul 6, 1:52 PM EST, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 252 PM EDT FRI JUL 6 2007 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)...A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED SOUTH OF THE TN BORDER FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD. LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVR E TX WILL SLOWLY MOVE NE ALONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY THIS WEEKEND. FORECAST BASED ON THIS SYSTEM TRACKING S OF AREA RESULTING IN MINIMAL RAINFALL. A MORE NORTHERLY TRACK IS POSSIBLE AND POPS COULD BE INCREASED WITH LATER PACKAGES. TEMPS WILL BE A COUPLE OF DEGREES ON THE WARM SIDE. .LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...MODELS BRING AN SHORTWAVE INTO THE AREA ON MONDAY. LATEST RUNS INDICATING NAM BRINGING MORE MOISTURE AND IS MUCH QUICKER THAN GFS. WITH A RIDGE PLACE WILL GO WITH THE SLOWER GFS...SO WILL CONTINUE WITH ONLY SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR MONDAY. WILL GO WITH CHANCE POPS FOR TUESDAY WITH THE DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH THE CWA. UPPER TROUGH FOLLOWS ON WEDNESDAY. SOME MOISTURE AND DIURNAL INSTABILITY EXPECTED WITH IT. WILL GO WITH CHANCE POPS ON WEDNESDAY WITH THE BEST CHANCES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. A FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION ON THURSDAY. SHOULD HAVE SUFFICIENT MOISTURE TO KEEP THE 30 POPS GOING FOR THURSDAY. FRONT PUSHES OUT OF AREA ON FRIDAY WITH DRIER AIR FILTERING IN BEHIND IT. MAY SEE SOME ACTIVITY EARLY ON FRIDAY...SO WILL GO WITH 20 POPS FOR FRIDAY FOR NOW. STAYED NEAR GFS/HPC FOR TEMPERATURES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 69 90 69 92 70 / 20 30 20 20 10 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 67 90 67 91 70 / 10 10 10 10 10 OAK RIDGE, TN 67 91 66 91 69 / 10 10 10 10 10 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 62 88 63 90 65 / 10 10 10 10 10 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && SON/GH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 440 AM EDT FRI JUL 6 2007 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-070840- 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- 440 AM EDT (340 AM CDT) FRI JUL 6 2007 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. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR FOR MUCH OF THE AREA INTO THE EVENING HOURS...AS A WEAK COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN OHIO VALLEY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS UNLIKELY AT THIS TIME. TG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 642 PM EDT FRI JUL 6 2007 TNZ083-062330- RHEA- 642 PM EDT FRI JUL 6 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING RHEA COUNTY... AT 637 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRING CITY...DRIFTING EAST AT 5 MPH. WINDS UP TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL 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. DMG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 708 PM EDT FRI JUL 6 2007 TNZ086-087-070015- NORTHWEST MONROE-SOUTHEAST MONROE- 708 PM EDT FRI JUL 6 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY... AT 706 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MADISONVILLE...DRIFTING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. WINDS UP TO AROUND 40 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL 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. DMG
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 116 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:10 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
One tree was reported down across highway 30 in Dayton.
A tree was reported down across highway 30 in Dayton.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 38565, 38566.