A boundary across the area triggered isolated severe thunderstorms across southeast Virginia during the evening hours of the 10th.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A boundary across the area triggered isolated severe thunderstorms across southeast Virginia during the evening hours of the 10th.
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 10, 2:20 PM EST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 320 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...UPPER TROF SHIFTING INTO THE NORTHEASTERN U.S. THIS AFTERNOON WITH BEST INFLUENCE REGIONALLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. BEST INSTABILITY IN PLACE ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AND PRE-FRONTAL TROF IS AIDING CONVECTION ACROSS THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU WHILE OTHER STORMS HAVE FIRED IN OROGRAPHIC FASHION OVER THE MOUNTAINS BORDERING NORTH CAROLINA. USED A LATE AFTERNOON PERIOD WITH LIKELY PROBABILITIES IN THESE FAVORED LOCATIONS TAPERING BACK TO MEDIUM CHANCE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN ACROSS NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA WITH LOWER CHANCE POPS MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION AS INSOLATION FADES AWAY AND TROF EXITS. MODELS TRY TO PUSH MAIN FRONT ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA FOR WEDNESDAY BUT BELIEVE IT WILL SLOW DOWN AND STALL ACROSS SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS SO KEPT CHANCE POPS IN THESE TERRAIN AREAS WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR CONVECTION ELSEWHERE AS ATMOSPHERE DESTABILIZES SUFFICIENTLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. DID NOT CHANGE THURSDAY FORECAST EITHER MAINTAINING SLIGHT AND LOW CHANCE PROBABILITIES FOR CONVECTION AS PROGS INDICATE SUFFICIENT THERMODYNAMICS WITH SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. USED A GUIDANCE BLEND FOR TEMPS THROUGHOUT THE SHORT TERM FORECAST. .LONG TERM (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)...RIDGING PERSISTS OVER THE AREA THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. TEMPS WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL AND PCPN CHC LIMITED TO A DIURNAL AND OROGRAPHIC NATURE. NORTHERN UPPER TROUGH AXIS MOVES EAST OF THE AREA ON SATURDAY. WEAK SURFACE FRONT MOVES SE INTO S APPS AND BECOMES DIFFUSE BY SUN MORNING. BEST PCPN CHANCE IN PERIOD LOOKS TO BE SATURDAY EVENING. UPPER TROUGH DEEPENS EARLY NEXT WEEK AND POSSIBLY DIPS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS BY END OF PERIOD. PCPN CHC WITH THIS SYSTEM UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME BUT PROMISE OF LOWERING THICKNESS HEIGHTS AND TEMPS LOOKING BETTER BY MID WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 67 89 70 89 71 / 30 30 20 20 20 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 65 89 68 88 70 / 30 20 20 20 20 OAK RIDGE, TN 65 89 67 88 70 / 30 20 20 20 20 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 62 87 63 87 66 / 30 30 20 20 20 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 500 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-111000- 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- 500 AM EDT (400 AM CDT) TUE JUN 10 2008 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 TODAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY THROUGH SATURDAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE EACH DAY...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THE EXPECTED SEVERE WEATHER. DMG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
306 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 SSW GREENEVILLE 36.10N 82.85W
06/09/2008 GREENE TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
311 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1230 AM TSTM WND DMG WARTBURG 36.10N 84.59W
06/10/2008 MORGAN TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
&&SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 542 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 VAZ006-102200- RUSSELL- 542 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE AFFECTING RUSSELL COUNTY... AT 540 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RAVEN...MOVING EAST AT 21 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. GM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 553 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 VAZ006-008-102245- RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- 553 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFFECTING RUSSELL AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES... AT 552 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLEVELAND TO 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRISTOL VA...MOVING EAST AT 23 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... CLEVELAND BY 605 PM EDT. LEBANON BY 615 PM EDT. ABINGDON BY 635 PM EDT. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. GM
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:50 UTC.
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Dispatch reported quarter-size hail in the western portion of the city of Bristol.
Dispatch reported numerous trees downed by thunderstorm winds between Emory, Bristol and Damascus.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 111119, 111120.