A boundary across southwest Virginia triggered isolated severe thunderstorms during the late afternoon hours. Storm reports were for damaging thunderstorm winds.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A boundary across southwest Virginia triggered isolated severe thunderstorms during the late afternoon hours. Storm reports were for damaging thunderstorm 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 26, 1:46 PM EST, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 246 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)...CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A BERMUDA HIGH OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC...WITH A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE UPPER MS RIVER VALLEY. HIGHER LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE TODAY HAS RESULTED IN A DECENT COVERAGE OF CONVECTION ACROSS THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THIS CONVECTION WILL LIKELY MOVE OUT OVER THE GREAT TN VALLEY BY THIS EVENING...BUT EXPECT MOST OF THIS CONVECTION TO GRADUALLY DISSIPATE WITH THE SETTING OF THE SUN. MODEL SOUNDINGS REVEAL MODERATE LEVELS OF INSTABILITY DEVELOPING EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. AS A RESULT...EXPECT SCATTERED CONVECTION TO DEVELOP EACH DAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...WITH A BETTER COVERAGE EACH SUCCESSIVE DAY. SOME STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. A BETTER CHANCE FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE TSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BY SATURDAY NIGHT...AS A UNSEASONABLY STRONG UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION AND PUSHES A COLD FRONT TOWARDS THE FORECAST AREA. WITH ALL OF THIS IN MIND...WILL MENTION SLIGHTLY HIGHER POPS EACH SUCCESSIVE DAY THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH LIKELY POPS FOR SATURDAY NIGHT. AS FOR TEMPS...THINK THAT MAXES WILL BE SLIGHTLY LOWER AND MINS SLIGHT HIGHER EACH SUCCESSIVE DAY DUE TO AN EXPECTED GRADUAL INCREASE IN MOISTURE AND CLOUDS. .LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...MODELS SHOW SOME DIFFERENCES WITH TIMING OF A COLD FRONT DURING THE SUNDAY TIME FRAME. HOWEVER ...DO EXPECT TO STILL HAVE ASSOCIATED CONVECTION AFFECTING THE MRX CWA INTO SUNDAY. MAY SEE SOME LINGERING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE FRONT EXITS THE AREA. CONTINUED CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EXPECTED ON MONDAY AS THE TROUGH AXIS SLIDES THROUGH. HOWEVER...FOR THE REST OF THE EXTENDED...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN WITH DRY NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT FOR A RETURN TO DRY AND SEASONAL CONDITIONS. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 70 91 70 89 71 / 20 30 30 40 60 KNOXVILLE AIRPORT, TN 69 91 69 89 70 / 20 30 30 40 60 OAK RIDGE, TN 70 91 70 89 71 / 20 30 30 40 60 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 62 89 65 87 66 / 20 30 30 40 60 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && DMG/MJB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 930 AM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-271000- 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- 930 AM EDT (830 AM CDT) THU JUN 26 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE DURING THIS PERIOD...BRINGING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BY SATURDAY NIGHT...BRINGING A BETTER COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...AND ALSO A BETTER CHANCE FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED FOR THE MOST PART...DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THE EXPECTED SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN THE COVERAGE OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD BE MORE WIDESPREAD AND ORGANIZED. DMG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 215 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 TNZ081>083-098-099-261915- BLEDSOE-HAMILTON-MARION-RHEA-SEQUATCHIE- 115 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU THROUGH 315 PM EDT... AT 110 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. WINDS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION TO SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. 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. DMG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 252 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 TNZ012>014-035>037-261945- ANDERSON-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-MORGAN-SCOTT-UNION- 252 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU THROUGH 345 PM... AT 250 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. WINDS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION TO SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT 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. DMG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 438 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 TNZ085-262130- MCMINN- 438 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE AFFECTING MCMINN COUNTY... AT 430 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF ATHENS...MOVING EAST AT 14 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... ATHENS BY 455 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 459 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 VAZ002-262130- WISE- 459 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE AFFECTING WISE COUNTY... AT 457 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF JENKINS...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF WISE...MOVING EAST AT 16 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 529 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 TNZ083-084-262215- MEIGS-RHEA- 529 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE AFFECTING MEIGS AND RHEA COUNTIES... AT 527 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DECATUR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TD
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:38 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Dispatch reported several trees and limbs downed by thunderstorm winds on and around Highway 23 to Wise.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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