A weak cold front tracked through east Tennessee triggering isolated severe thunderstorms during the afternoon hours. Damaging wind was the primary storm reports.
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A weak cold front tracked through east Tennessee triggering isolated severe thunderstorms during the afternoon hours. Damaging wind was the primary storm reports.
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 19, 12:58 PM EST, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 158 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY)...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. AT PRESENT IT APPEARS MOST AREAS WILL SEE BETWEEN A QUARTER AND HALF AN INCH WITH SOME AREAS RECEIVING A LITTLE MORE...MAINLY IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE AREA. ISOLATED 1 INCH OR MORE SHOWERS MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS LINE. RAIN SHOULD CLEAR OVERNIGHT AND SUNNY SKIES RETURN FOR WEDNESDAY. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... A MID TO UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BE NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS THIS PERIOD...PUTTING THE APPALACHIAN REGION IN A NORTHWESTERLY FLOW PATTERN. A SURFACE HIGH WILL BE OVER THE AREA FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...PROVIDING DRY WEATHER AND WARM TEMPERATURES. THE UPPER RIDGE GIVES WAY SLIGHTLY ON SATURDAY AS A SHORTWAVE TROUGH ROUNDS THE RIDGE. THE GFS IS LIKELY OVERDEVELOPING THIS FEATURE DUE TO CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK FROM AN MCS OVER THE PLAINS...BUT OTHER MODELS DO SHOW AT LEAST A WEAK TROUGH APPROACHING FOR THE WEEKEND. CONFIDENCE IS LOW IN TIMING SUCH A FEATURE...SO WILL LEAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE POP IN FOR BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THE UPPER RIDGE SHIFTS TO THE EAST ON MONDAY AND WILL BE OVERHEAD ON TUESDAY...SO HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT WORK WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 67 90 61 91 65 / 70 10 0 0 0 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 66 87 59 88 63 / 70 10 0 0 0 OAK RIDGE, TN 65 88 58 88 62 / 70 10 0 0 0 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 64 85 55 86 59 / 80 10 0 0 0 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && HW/DGS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 405 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-201000- 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- 405 PM EDT (305 PM CDT) TUE JUN 19 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY...PRODUCING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW ISOLATED STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 252 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007 TNZ013-014-036-037-069-191945- ANDERSON-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-KNOX-UNION- 252 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING ANDERSON...CAMPBELL... CLAIBORNE...KNOX AND UNION COUNTIES... AT 248 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTH OF WILLIAMSBURG TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LENOIR CITY....MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. HW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 334 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007 TNZ015>017-044-VAZ001-005-008-192030- HANCOCK-HAWKINS-LEE-SCOTT-SULLIVAN-WASHINGTON- 334 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFFECTING CITY OF BRISTOL...HANCOCK...HAWKINS...LEE...SCOTT...SULLIVAN AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES... AT 330 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ROGERSVILLE TO GRAY TO ELIZABETHTON....MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. HW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 342 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007 TNZ040>043-192045- COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST COCKE-NORTHWEST GREENE-SOUTHEAST GREENE- 342 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING COCKE AND GREENE COUNTIES... AT 342 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PARROTTSVILLE....MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR...MAY OCCUR WITH THESE 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 HW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 414 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007 TNZ015-016-192115- HANCOCK-HAWKINS- 414 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING HANCOCK AND HAWKINS COUNTIES... AT 412 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES EAST OF RUSSELLVILLE....MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... ROGERSVILLE BY 445 PM EDT. 6 MILES WEST OF SURGOINSVILLE BY 510 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR...MAY OCCUR WITH THESE 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 MJB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 427 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007 TNZ071-072-192130- BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NW BLOUNT- 427 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING BLOUNT COUNTY... AT 424 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF EAGLETON VILLAGE TO 6 MILES NORTH OF TAPOCO....MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. SUSTAINED WINDS OR GUSTS UP TO 30 TO 40 MPH...HAIL OF PEA TO LESS THAN PENNY SIZE...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ANY FURTHER STRENGTHENING OF THESE STORMS MAY REQUIRE ISSUANCE OF A WARNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR...MAY OCCUR WITH THESE 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 MJB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 430 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007 TNZ040-041-073-074-192130- COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER-NORTHWEST COCKE-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- 430 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING COCKE AND SEVIER COUNTIES... AT 424 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES EAST OF GATLINBURG....MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... NEWPORT BY 500 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. SUSTAINED WINDS OR GUSTS UP TO 30 TO 40 MPH...HAIL OF PEA TO LESS THAN PENNY SIZE...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ANY FURTHER STRENGTHENING OF THESE STORMS MAY REQUIRE ISSUANCE OF A WARNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR...MAY OCCUR WITH THESE 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 MJB
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:46 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and powerlines on and around Sevierville Road, Nina DeLozier Road and Davis Ford Road near Maryville.
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