A cold front swept across southwest Virginia producing scattered severe thunderstorms ahead of it. All of the damage reports were straight line wind damage.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A cold front swept across southwest Virginia producing scattered severe thunderstorms ahead of it. All of the damage 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 8, 1:35 PM EST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 235 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)...CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A COLD FRONT STRETCHING FROM NEAR INDIANAPOLIS SOUTHWEST TO NEAR LITTLE ROCK...WITH A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS DEVELOPING OVER THE PLATEAU BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND LINES OF CONVECTION. THE INITIAL LINE OF CONVECTION OVER THE GREAT TN VALLEY HAS REMAINED BELOW SEVERE CRITERIA SO FAR...BUT THINK THAT THE SECOND LINE OF CONVECTION (CURRENTLY OVER MIDDLE TN) WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SOME SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE COLD FRONT SHOULD BECOME QUASI-STATIONARY TONIGHT AS THE UPPER-LEVEL FLOW BECOMES ZONAL. IN FACT...THIS FRONT SHOULD BISECT THE FORECAST AREA ON SATURDAY...WITH ISOLATED CONVECTION AGAIN POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST TN AND SOUTHWEST NC. THE FRONT SHOULD EVENTUALLY PUSH SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA BY SUNDAY MORNING...WITH DRY WEATHER RETURNING ON SUNDAY. AS FOR TEMPS...WILL TREND TOWARD A PERSISTENCE FORECAST TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...WITH LOWER TEMPS EXPECTED BY SATURDAY NIGHT AS SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE FORECAST AREA. .LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...THE MAIN WEATHER FEATURE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE. THIS WILL KEEP MOST AREAS DRY AND WARM...THOUGH MAY SEE SOME ELEVATED CONVECTION LATE AFTERNOON BOTH DAYS. COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE TIME FRAME. SYSTEM APPEARS TO BE A BIT UNORGANIZED AS IT MOVES INTO THE AREA...BUT SHOULD BRING IN ENOUGH MOISTURE AND LIFT FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS. STAYED CLOSE TO GUIDANCE NUMBERS FOR TEMPS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 71 91 63 90 62 / 60 20 0 0 0 KNOXVILLE AIRPORT, TN 70 90 62 88 61 / 60 20 0 0 0 OAK RIDGE, TN 69 90 62 88 61 / 60 10 0 0 0 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 66 88 58 86 57 / 60 10 0 0 0 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && DMG/MJB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 316 AM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-090730- 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- 316 AM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 /216 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. WARM MOIST AIR WILL BE TRANSPORTED UP THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. PLENTY OF SUN WILL PROVIDE SURFACE HEATING. THESE INGREDIENTS WILL RESULT IN AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON...MAINLY IN THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AREA...THEN MOVE EAST ACROSS THE VALLEY. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THE STORMS IS EXPECTED TO BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS...WITH LARGE HAIL ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER NETWORK ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 459 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 TNZ099-082200- HAMILTON- 459 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING HAMILTON COUNTY... AT 457 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF DAYTON TO SIGNAL MOUNTAIN....MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. 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. 17
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
502 PM EDT FRI JUN 08 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM TSTM WND DMG DAYTON 35.49N 85.01W
06/08/2007 RHEA TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON 16TH AVENUE IN DAYTON.
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
509 PM EDT FRI JUN 08 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM TSTM WND DMG KINGSTON 35.87N 84.51W
06/08/2007 ROANE TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
522 PM EDT FRI JUN 08 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 PM TSTM WND DMG TEN MILE 35.67N 84.67W
06/08/2007 MEIGS TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN.
&&SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 535 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 TNZ015-016-038>040-070>074-VAZ001-005-082230- BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-HANCOCK-HAWKINS-JEFFERSON-LEE-NORTH SEVIER-NORTHWEST COCKE-NW BLOUNT-SCOTT-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- 535 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 ...A LINE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL EFFECT BLOUNT... COCKE...GRAINGER...HAMBLEN...HANCOCK...HAWKINS...JEFFERSON... LEE...SCOTT AND SEVIER COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM... AT 531 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RUTLEDGE....MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. WINDS AROUND 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. 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 DH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
551 PM EDT FRI JUN 08 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM TSTM WND DMG PAULETTE 36.19N 83.89W
06/08/2007 UNION TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN.
&&The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:13 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were downed by thunderstorm winds in and around Jonesville.
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in the southern half of the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, 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: 36341, 36342.