An upper level disturbance tracked across east Tennessee triggering scattered severe thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours. Most of the storm reports were damaging straight line winds.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
An upper level disturbance tracked across east Tennessee triggering scattered severe thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours. Most of the storm reports were damaging 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, 3 hours 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
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:59 UTC.
9 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees west of Rugby near Hwy 52.
Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and powerlines in and around Jellico.
Several trees were downed by thunderstorm winds northwest of Sevierville. Numerous powerlines were also down countywide.
Several trees were downed by thunderstorm winds in Jefferson City and the rest of the county.
A spotter reported a tree and several powerlines down in Newport from thunderstorm winds.
A spotter reported several trees down near Russellville.
Thunderstorm winds downed 20 to 30 trees in the Chattanooga area along with numerous powerlines.
The public reported a few trees downed by thunderstorm winds countywide.
Thunderstorm winds downed two trees in Paint Rock.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, June 2007
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: 38261, 38262, 38263, 38264, 38265, 38266, 38267, 38291, 38292.