A weak cold front stalled across southeast Tennessee triggering isolated severe thunderstorms along it. Damaging straight-line winds was the primary reports.
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A weak cold front stalled across southeast Tennessee triggering isolated severe thunderstorms along it. Damaging straight-line winds was the primary 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 30, 9:29 AM EST, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1029 AM EDT SAT JUN 30 2007 .DISCUSSION... A 13Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS THE FRONT HAS MOVED SLOWLY SOUTH...AND IS LOCATED THROUGH CENTRAL KY AND SOUTHERN WV. MIDLEVEL CLOUDS ARE PRODUCING SOME LIGHT SHOWERS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA THIS MORNING. THIS CLOUD COVER WILL PREVENT AS MUCH DESTABILIZATION...AT LEAST CENTRAL AND NORTH...AS WE HAVE SEEN THE PAST FEW DAYS. IT WILL ALSO HOLD MAX TEMPS BACK...ESPECIALLY NORTH...SO WILL LOWER FORECAST MAX TEMPS TODAY WITH THE UPDATE. IN THE SOUTH...THERE IS MUCH LESS CLOUDINESS...AND THIS AREA IS MORE LIKELY TO SEE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON. WILL MAKE SOME SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS TO POPS...RAISING THEM IN THE SOUTH BUT STILL IN THE CHANCE RANGE. WITH SURFACE HEATING IN THE SOUTH...CAPES WILL APPROACH 2000 J/KG...SO SOME ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE. && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && DGS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 513 AM EDT SAT JUN 30 2007 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- 513 AM EDT SAT JUN 30 2007 /413 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SAG SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...AND WILL HELP TO TRIGGER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STORMS OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 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 208 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2007 TNZ017-VAZ005-006-008-301915- RUSSELL-SCOTT-SULLIVAN-WASHINGTON- 208 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE CITY OF BRISTOL...WESTERN RUSSELL...SCOTT...SULLIVAN AND WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES... AT 202 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF GATE CITY....MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... GATE CITY BY 225 PM EDT. WEBER CITY BY 235 PM EDT. 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF KINGSPORT BY 250 PM EDT. WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR ONE INCH PER HOUR...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. DGS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 236 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2007 TNZ099-301915- HAMILTON- 236 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT HAMILTON COUNTY... AT 232 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SIGNAL MOUNTAIN....MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MIDDLE VALLEY...HARRISON...AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF CHATTANOOGA. WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION TO GUSTY WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR 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. DGS
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:05 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A section of metal roof of a fire station in the Hixson area was damaged by thunderstorm winds. Also, a few trees were down in the same area.
The fire department reported penny-size hail in the Hixson area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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