A boundary across east Tennessee triggered scattered severe thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours. Storm reports contained both large hail and damaging thunderstorm winds.
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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 boundary across east Tennessee triggered scattered severe thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours. Storm reports contained both large hail and 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 3, 12:15 PM EST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 115 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009 .AVIATION...CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE VALLEY AREASBY 21Z. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO EAST TENNESSEE OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...SO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXISTS MAINLY FOR TRI AND TYS TAFS. GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE PERIOD...EXCEPT NEAR SCATTERED CONVECTION. && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && DH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1041 AM EDT WED JUN 3 2009 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-041445- 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- 1041 AM EDT WED JUN 3 2009 /941 AM CDT WED JUN 3 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS... NORTHERN PLATEAU...AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. A FEW OF THESE MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING DOWNBURSTS WINDS AND LARGE HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. DH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1244 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009 TNZ012-035-036-031745- ANDERSON-MORGAN-SCOTT- 1244 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE AFFECTING WESTERN ANDERSON...MORGAN AND SOUTHERN SCOTT COUNTIES... AT 1243 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WARTBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 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 THIS THUNDERSTORM. 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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 105 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009 TNZ040-041-073-074-031800- COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER-NORTHWEST COCKE-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- 105 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE AFFECTING COCKE AND SEVIER COUNTIES... AT 104 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES EAST OF GATLINBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 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 THIS THUNDERSTORM. 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
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 28 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:13 UTC.
10 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The highway department reported several trees downed by thunderstorm winds between Parrottsville and Beefy.
Law enforcement officials reported two trees downed by thunderstorm winds near Jacksboro.
Law enforcement officials reported several trees downed by thunderstorm winds in the Chestnut Hill area.
Law enforcement officials reported one tree downed by thunderstorm winds on Clear Road near Parrottsville.
A trained spotter reported nickle-size hail fell from a thunderstorm near Luttrell.
An individual reported several trees and powerlines downed by thunderstorm winds in the Corryton area. A roof of a building was damaged by thunderstorm winds in the Corryton area near the Corryton Baptist Church.
The utility company officials reported several trees downed by thunderstorm winds in the Oneida area.
Law enforcement officials reported a few trees downed by thunderstorm winds northeast of Sneedville.
Law enforcement officials reported a few trees downed by thunderstorm winds in the |Decatur area.
Law enforcement officials reported a few trees downed by thunderstorm winds along Highway 68 southeast of Spring City.
An amateur radio operator reported several trees downed by thunderstorm winds northeast of Knoxville.
Law enforcement officials reported quarter-size hail fell from a thunderstorm on Highway 321 near Maryville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, June 2009
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: 172498, 172499, 172504, 172508, 172512, 172519, 172521, 172523, 172525, 172526, 172529, 172531.