A boundary across southwest Virginia triggered isolated severe thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours. Storm reports contained 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 afternoon and evening hours. Storm reports contained 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, 1:41 PM EST, 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 241 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY)...CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS DEPICTS FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHING FROM SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND INTO EASTERN TEXAS. THIS BOUNDARY IS PROJECTED TO CONTINUE TO SLOWLY PROGRESS SOUTHWARD AND EASTWARD. THIS FEATURE WILL INCREASE COVERAGE OF PRECIP AS CONVECTION BECOMES MORE ORGANIZED. CONTINUED WITH CATEGORICAL POPS FOR TOMORROW. ANTICIPATE WIDESPREAD PRECIP TO HOLD TEMPS DOWN TO BELOW CLIMO FOR TOMORROW. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...FRONTAL BOUNDARY WITH ACCOMPANYING PRECIP LINGERS INTO THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE DEPARTING ON FRIDAY. DRY REGIME EXPECTED THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEKEND AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION. SUFFICIENT MOISTURE RETURNS BY EARLY NEXT WEEK TO INITIATE SCATTERED MAINLY DIURNAL CONVECTION. SOMEWHAT MORE ORGANIZED CONVECTION POSSIBLE BY MID WEEK AS UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES THE REGION. CONTINUED WITH ONLY CHANCE POPS WITH THIS SYSTEM HOWEVER. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 66 79 63 80 58 / 40 90 70 20 10 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 65 78 62 78 58 / 50 90 70 30 10 OAK RIDGE, TN 65 77 60 80 57 / 60 90 70 30 10 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 61 76 60 75 54 / 60 90 70 40 10 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && DH/LCM
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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
324 PM EDT WED JUN 03 2009
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0215 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NW PARROTTSVILLE 36.04N 83.13W
06/03/2009 COCKE TN DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
SEVERAL TREES DOWN BETWEEN PARROTTSVILLE AND BYBEE.
&&The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:23 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
An individual reported several trees downed by thunderstorm winds along Highway 23 near Wise.
Law enforcement officials reported numerous trees and powerlines downed by thunderstorm winds in the Duffield area and countywide. A roof was also damaged at the Rye Cove Middle School by thunderstorm winds. Several buildings countywide also sustained minor damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, 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: 172536, 172538.