A thunderstorm complex developed along a boundary and tracked across southwest North Carolina bringing a few thunderstorm wind damage reports.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A thunderstorm complex developed along a boundary and tracked across southwest North Carolina bringing a few thunderstorm wind damage reports.
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 11, 1:00 PM EST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 200 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009 .AVIATION...WILL REMAIN IN AN ACTIVITY WEATHER PATTERN THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD WITH A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY SLOWLY SAGGING SOUTHWARD... APPROACHING THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION. THE AIR MASS WILL BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE HELP OF DAYTIME HEATING. AS A RESULT...WILL CONTINUE TO SEE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG...POSSIBLY EVEN SEVERE. COVERAGE AND INTENSITY SHOULD DIMINISH SOMEWHAT AFTER SUNSET...BUT COULD STILL SEE SOME CONVECTION THROUGH THE NIGHT...WITH SOME INTENSIFICATION FRIDAY MORNING. THROUGH THE PERIOD...EXPECT LOCAL MVFR OR IFR CONDITIONS IN AND NEAR CONVECTION...WHERE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED LOWERED CEILINGS...REDUCED VIS AND GUSTY WINDS. && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && MJB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 507 AM EDT THU JUN 11 2009 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-120915- 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- 507 AM EDT THU JUN 11 2009 /407 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND LINGER THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...AS A COLD FRONT SAGS SLOWLY SOUTH. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS OF 50 MPH OR MORE AND HAIL OF PENNY SIZE OR LARGER. BRIEF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS COULD OCCUR WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS...WITH FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES IN AND NEAR ALL STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL LINGER ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...HELPING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ON SUNDAY WILL ALSO PRODUCE MORE SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING...FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING DOWNBURSTS WINDS OF 50 MPH OR HIGHER AND LARGE HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH THE STRONGER STORMS...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES IN AND NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD EASTWARD FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS SHOULD DECREASE THE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH MAINLY ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS DEVELOPING DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY...AND POSSIBLY AGAIN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. TT/TG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
227 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009
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0120 PM TSTM WND DMG HARRIMAN 35.93N 84.56W
06/11/2009 ROANE TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
235 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009
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0114 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 WNW KINGSTON 34.26N 85.01W
06/11/2009 XXX XX LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
236 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009
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0123 PM TSTM WND DMG OLIVER SPRINGS 36.04N 84.34W
06/11/2009 ROANE TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
240 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009
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0100 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 W SUNBRIGHT 36.24N 84.69W
06/11/2009 MORGAN TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
241 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009
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0125 PM TSTM WND DMG CLEVELAND 35.18N 84.87W
06/11/2009 BRADLEY TN TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
245 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009
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0130 PM TSTM WND DMG ATHENS 35.45N 84.60W
06/11/2009 MCMINN TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
&&The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:45 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained spotter reported several trees downed by thunderstorm winds in Murphy.
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