A boundary across the area triggered scattered thunderstorms across southwest Virginia during the afternoon hours. Storm reports were for damaging thunderstorm winds.
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A boundary across the area triggered scattered thunderstorms across southwest Virginia during the 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 28, 1:38 PM EST, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 238 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 2009 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND MONDAY)...SEVERE TSTM WATCH NUMBER 530 IN EFFECT FOR MAINLY E TN AREAS SOUTH OF I-40...WITH COVERAGE HOLDING AROUND 20 TO 30 PERCENT IN THE WATCH. ALSO SEEING SPOTTY TSRA POP ACROSS THE NRN PLATEAU OUT OF THE WATCH AREA. MOST ACTIVITY SEEMS TO BE FOR THE MOST PART DEVELOPING ON THE PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH. VERY UNSTABLE AREAWIDE WITH BETTER SHEAR THAN YESTERDAY...BUT OTHER PARAMETERS SUGGEST COVERAGE MAY BE LESS FURTHER NORTH ACROSS EXTREME NE TN AND SWRN VA. FORECAST GRIDS ADJUSTED FOR THIS TREND IN THE AFTERNOON PACKAGE...WHICH SHOULD BE ISSUED SHORTLY. OTHERWISE...CARRIED PREVIOUS THINKING FOR 50 PERCENT OR LESS COVERAGE OF TSRA IN THE SHORT TERM...DECREASING FROM THE W-NW THIS EVENING. 12Z MOS MINS MUCH COOLER THAN PREVIOUS MIN TEMP GRID ...WITH A SLIGHT LOWERING TOWARD A MOS BLEND PREFERRED OVER THE COOLEST MOS NUMBERS. SUNNY AND CONTINUED WARM...ABOVE CLIMO...ON MONDAY. .LONG TERM...(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)...MODELS ARE DIFFERING WITH RESPECT TO UPPER LEVEL LOW THAT IS PROGGED TO ONLY SLOWLY SHIFT EASTWARD WITH TIME THROUGH THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES REGION THROUGH THE WEEK. THE MAIN QUESTION WILL BE HOW MUCH INFLUENCE UPPER LOW WILL HAVE ON THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION. RIDGING IS EXPECTED TO SET UP ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY BY FRIDAY ON BACK SIDE OF UPPER LOW IN ADVANCE OF NEXT SURFACE COLD FRONT. WILL CONTINUE WITH SLIGHT CHANCE AFTERNOON POPS...AS AM UNCERTAIN AS MODELS ARE INCONSISTENT WITH NORTHWEST FLOW UPPER LEVEL ENERGY AND TERRAIN EFFECTS MAY LEAD TO SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHRA/TSRA THROUGH AFTERNOON FORECAST PERIODS. FOR TEMPS...GENERALLY DID NOT DEVIATE SIGNIFICANTLY FROM MAV/MEX GUIDANCE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 69 91 63 89 63 / 30 10 10 10 10 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 66 87 61 84 60 / 30 10 10 10 10 OAK RIDGE, TN 64 88 61 85 60 / 30 10 10 10 10 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 61 84 56 79 57 / 30 10 10 20 20 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && TG/TT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 500 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 2009 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-291000- 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) SUN JUN 28 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION THIS AFTERNOON...TRIGGERING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DMG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 429 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 2009 VAZ001-002-005-282115- LEE-SCOTT-WISE- 429 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 2009 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO LEE...SCOTT AND WISE COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT... AT 426 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN WAS DETECTING A LINE OF OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM JENKINS TO HARLAN IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE LINE OF STRONG STORMS WILL MOVE INTO WEST THROUGH NORTHWEST LEE AND WESTERN WISE COUNTIES BY 5 PM AND THEN FURTHER SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHWEST SCOTT COUNTY BY 515 PM. LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL INCLUDE... WISE...PARDEE...PENNINGTON GAP...NORTON...JONESVILLE...AND BIG STONE GAP AND AREAS JUST NORTHWEST OF DUFFIELD. STRONG WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...HAIL OF PEA TO LESS THAN PENNY SIZE...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ANY FURTHER STRENGTHENING OF THESE STORMS MAY REQUIRE ISSUANCE OF A WARNING. TROUTMAN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
446 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0420 PM TSTM WND DMG KNOXVILLE 35.97N 83.95W
06/28/2009 KNOX TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. REPORTED BY DISPATCH.
&&
FERRELLSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 452 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 2009 TNZ081-098-282115- MARION-SEQUATCHIE- 352 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING MARION AND SEQUATCHIE COUNTIES... AT 352 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF DUNLAP...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 459 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 2009 VAZ001-002-005-006-008-282200- LEE-RUSSELL-SCOTT-WASHINGTON-WISE- 459 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 2009 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA... AT 455 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING SOUTHWEST FROM THE CITY OF NORTON...TO ROSE HILL...AND WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORMS WILL BE AFFECTING LEE...RUSSELL...SCOTT...WASHINGTON AND WISE COUNTIES THROUGH 6 PM EDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...YOU SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...HAIL OF PEA TO LESS THAN PENNY SIZE...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ANY FURTHER STRENGTHENING OF THESE STORMS MAY REQUIRE ISSUANCE OF A WARNING. TROUTMAN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
507 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0443 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 E ATHENS 35.45N 84.55W
06/28/2009 MCMINN TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN COUNTYWIDE FROM JUST
WEST OF ATHENS TO JUST NORTH OF ENGLEWOOD. REPORTED BY
DISPATCH.
&&
FERRELLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
514 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0452 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 E MARYVILLE 35.75N 83.92W
06/28/2009 BLOUNT TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN COUNTYWIDE FROM
DOWNTOWN MARYVILLE EAST TO ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF
TOWNSEND. REPORTED BY DISPATCH.
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FERRELLThe Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:18 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement personnel reported one tree and a few powerlines downed by thunderstorm winds in Wise.
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