An upper level disturbance tracked through the area triggering isolated severe thunderstorms across southwest Virginia. Damage was primarily straight line winds.
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An upper level disturbance tracked through the area triggering isolated severe thunderstorms across southwest Virginia. Damage was primarily 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 13, 1:59 PM EST, 4 hours 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 259 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2007 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY)...NOT TOO MUCH CONVECTION SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON...BUT STILL WILL CARRY SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS MOST ZONES AT LEAST THIS EVENING. TOMORROW EXPECT A LITTLE MORE ACTIVITY...WITH WEAK VORT ENERGY MOVING ACROSS THE AREA AS IT ROTATES AROUND UPPER LOW CENTERED OFF NORTHEAST COAST. SHOULD BE A BIT MORE INSTABILITY AS WELL AS DEWPOINTS EDGE SLIGHTLY HIGHER. WILL CARRY SLIGHT CHANCE SOUTHWEST TO HIGH CHANCE FAR NORTHEAST ZONES. WILL NOT ARGUE MUCH WITH MAV TEMPS. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...UPPER LOW OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST BEGINS TO WEAKEN THROUGH THE PERIOD AND BEGINS TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST BY LATE SATURDAY. THIS WILL BRING AN END TO THE WEAK SHORT WAVES ROTATING AROUND THIS LOW WHICH HAVE TRIGGERED THE SHOWERS THROUGH SW VIRGINIA AND THE MOUNTAINS. HAVE LEFT AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY IN THE NORTHEAST FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY THEN DRY FOR SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY WITH THE NEXT UPPER SYSTEM MOVING IN SOMETIME TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY FOR THE NEXT POSSIBLE WEATHER MAKER. AT THE PRESENT TIME AM GOING UNDER GUIDANCE NUMBERS FOR THAT SYSTEM AS IT IS A FEW DAYS OFF AND THE MODELS HAVE VARIED ON HANDLING THIS PERIOD. FOR TEMPERATURES HAVE STUCK CLOSE TO GUIDANCE AS NOTHING THE HANG A CHANGE ONTO. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 62 88 63 85 63 / 10 20 20 20 10 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 61 84 62 81 61 / 10 30 30 20 10 OAK RIDGE, TN 62 88 62 83 61 / 10 30 20 20 10 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 58 79 59 78 55 / 20 40 30 20 10 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && LDW/HW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 314 AM EDT WED JUN 13 2007 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-140715- 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- 314 AM EDT WED JUN 13 2007 /214 AM CDT WED JUN 13 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...INCREASING INSTABILITY AND GIVING A CHANCE OF SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:26 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees in Appalachia.
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