An upper level disturbance tracked across southwest Virginia triggering isolated severe thunderstorms during the afternoon hours. Primary storm reports were straight-line wind damage.
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An upper level disturbance tracked across southwest Virginia triggering isolated severe thunderstorms during the afternoon hours. Primary storm reports were straight-line wind damage.
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, 1:33 PM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 233 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2007 .DISCUSSION...A WARM MOIST...IN OTHERWORDS MORE TYPICAL SUMMERTIME...AIRMASS HAS SETTLED OVER THE REGION BRINGING MORE TYPICAL AFTERNOON AND EVENING PULSE THUNDERSTORMS. WITH THE INSTABILITY OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND WITH SOME DRY AIR ALOFT TO HELP INTENSIFY STORMS...EXPECT SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. HAVE TWEAKED POPS JUST SLIGHTLY UPWARDS AND HAVE CHANGED WORDING THROUGH NEXT SEVERAL DAYS FROM CHANCE TO SCATTERED TO REFLECT REALITY. IN THE LONGER TERM...A STRONG UPPER TROF AND SURFACE FRONT LOOKS GOOD TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON FRIDAY INCREASING THE CHANCE OF STORMS. HAVE INCREASED POPS TO THE 50S RANGE AND WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THAT INCREASED FURTHER AS TIME PROGRESSES. AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH ON FRIDAY NIGHT DRIER AIR COMES INTO PLAY AND HAVE LOWERED POPS BEHIND THE SYSTEM. TEMPERATURES WILL SEE A LITTLE MODIFICATION POST FRONTAL BUT NOT MUCH. GUIDANCE NUMBERS THROUGH THE PERIOD APPEAR REASONABLE SO DID NOT DEVIATE MUCH. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 69 91 70 91 70 / 30 30 30 20 20 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 66 91 68 91 69 / 30 30 30 20 10 OAK RIDGE, TN 67 94 67 92 69 / 30 20 20 20 10 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 63 90 62 90 66 / 30 20 20 20 10 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && HW
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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
339 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0315 PM TSTM WND DMG JEFFERSON CITY 36.12N 83.49W
06/25/2007 JEFFERSON TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN JEFFERSON CITY AND COUNTYWIDE.
REPORTED BY DISPATCH.
&&
GRCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
401 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 NW SEVIERVILLE 35.93N 83.63W
06/25/2007 SEVIER TN UTILITY COMPANY
SEVERAL TREES DOWN AT RULE HOLLOW/4 MILES NORTHWEST OF
SEVIERVILLE. NUMEROUS POWER LINES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
REPORTED BY SEVIER COUNTY ELECTRIC.
&&
GRCSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 409 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2007 VAZ001-252045- LEE- 409 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING LEE COUNTY... AT 405 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR JONESVILLE....MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 413 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2007 TNZ069-252100- KNOX- 413 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING KNOX COUNTY... AT 409 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FARRAGUT....MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH 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.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
416 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0345 PM TSTM WND DMG RUSSELLVILLE 36.26N 83.20W
06/25/2007 HAMBLEN TN TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 11E NEAR RUSSELLVILLE.
REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
&&
GRCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
447 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0100 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 W RUGBY 36.36N 84.72W
06/25/2007 MORGAN TN EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL TREES DOWN ONE MILE WEST OF RUGBY-NEAR HWY 52.
REPORTED BY EMA DIRECTOR
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GRCThe Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:04 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed three trees in the southwest portion of the county.
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