A thunderstorm complex developed along a boundary and tracked across east Tennessee bringing numerous thunderstorm wind damage reports.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 thunderstorm complex developed along a boundary and tracked across east Tennessee bringing numerous 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 16, 2:09 PM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 309 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY)...AFTERNOON INSTABILITY CONVECTION WILL BE ADDED TO BY THE INCOMING STORM COMPLEX LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BRING WIDESPREAD CONVECTION TO THE AREA...WITH A FEW STORMS POSSIBLY REACHING SEVERE LIMITS...MAINLY WITH STRONG ...DAMAGING WINDS. CONVECTION SHOULD DIMINISH OVERNIGHT...BUT EXPECT SOME OCCASIONAL ACTIVITY. THE OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT HAS BEEN STALLED OVER THE REGION WILL CONTINUE A SLOW RETREAT NORTHWARD WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE THE CENTRAL U.S. THIS WILL SHIFT THE STORM TRACK NORTH AND BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)...UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. AIRMASS REMAINS UNSTABLE...BUT WARMING TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL LIMIT COVERAGE OF STORMS TO WIDELY SCATTERED-SCATTERED AND MAINLY OVER THE NORTHEAST HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. A STRONG UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES LATE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT BECOMING ESTABLISHED OVER THE EAST THIRD OF THE NATION FOR THE WEEKEND. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY PRODUCING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. ANOTHER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD BACK INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 70 89 70 96 71 / 40 40 20 10 10 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 68 86 68 94 71 / 50 50 20 20 10 OAK RIDGE, TN 68 86 68 94 70 / 50 50 20 20 10 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 65 83 64 91 65 / 70 70 20 30 20 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && MJB/DH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 440 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009 TNZ012>015-035>038-067>069-081>084-098-099-162145- SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNION- GRAINGER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MARION- HAMILTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEIDA...LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL... SNEEDVILLE...WARTBURG...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...MAYNARDVILLE... RUTLEDGE...KINGSTON...LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE...DUNLAP... PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...DECATUR...JASPER...CHATTANOOGA 440 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009 /340 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 2009/ ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS WILL MOVE INTO EAST TENNESSEE EARLY THIS EVENING... A SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU SHORTLY AFTER 5 PM EDT (4 PM CDT). THE LINE IS MOVING EAST NEAR 45 MPH. THE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS A WIDESPREAD AREA. THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE EASTWARD INTO THE EAST TENNESSEE VALLEY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EVENTUALLY INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF EAST TENNESSEE LATER THIS EVENING. THE LINE WILL BE NEAR THE KNOXVILLE AREA AROUND 7 PM EDT.
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:31 UTC.
23 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement personnel reported several trees downed by thunderstorm winds in Helenwood.
Law enforcement personnel reported numerous trees and powerlines downed by thunderstorm winds countywide.
Law enforcement personnel reported numerous trees downed by thunderstorm winds in the Elk Valley area.
A trained spotter reported several large limbs downed by thunderstorm winds west of Sunbright.
Law enforcement personnel reported numerous trees downed by thunderstorm winds west of Tazewell along Highway 63.
A 65 mph wind gust measured at the TVA tower.
Law enforcement personnel reported numerous trees downed by thunderstorm winds countywide.
Law enforcement personnel reported a home was damaged by thunderstorm winds southeast of Lake City.
A trained spotter estimated a thunderstorm wind gust of 58 mph northeast of Rutledge.
A gust of 63 mph was measured at a TVA tower.
A gust of 63mph was measured at a ORNL tower.
Law enforcement personnel reported numerous trees and powerlines downed by thunderstorm winds in the Clinton area.
Law enforcement personnel reported two trees downed by thunderstorm winds in Luttrell.
Law enforcement personnel reported one tree downed by thunderstorm winds in Knoxville.
A NWS employee reported a funnel cloud in New Market.
Law enforcement personnel reported numerous trees and powerlines downed by thunderstorm winds countywide.
Law enforcement personnel reported numerous trees downed by thunderstorm winds countywide.
Law enforcement personnel reported several trees downed by thunderstorm winds countywide.
Law enforcement personnel reported numerous trees downed by thunderstorm winds countywide.
Emergency management personnel reported a few trees downed by thunderstorm winds west of White Pine.
Law enforcement personnel reported numerous trees downed by thunderstorm winds in the southeast half of the county.
Law enforcement personnel reported several funnel clouds southwest of Johnson City.
Law enforcement personnel reported a few trees downed by thunderstorm winds countywide.
Law enforcement personnel reported a few trees downed by thunderstorm winds northwest of Greeneville.
Law enforcement personnel reported a few trees downed by thunderstorm winds from Mountain City to Laurel.
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: 174387, 174388, 174389, 174391, 174392, 183365, 174394, 174396, 183364, 174399, 174401, 174404, 174405, 174406, 174407, 174408, 174411, 174412, 174414, 174415, 174416, 174417, 174419, 174420, 174421.