A strong low pressure system moved north across Middle Tennessee. The extremely tight pressure gradient between this low and an area of high pressure over the eastern seaboard caused powerful, damaging southeast winds to blow across the Southern Appalachian Mountains affecting this mountain chain and the adjacent foothills in the Great Valley.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A strong low pressure system moved north across Middle Tennessee. The extremely tight pressure gradient between this low and an area of high pressure over the eastern seaboard caused powerful, damaging southeast winds to blow across the Southern Appalachian Mountains affecting this mountain chain and the adjacent foothills in the Great Valley.
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 Nov 30, 3:38 AM EST, 5 hours 52 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 416 AM EST TUE NOV 30 2010 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-010930- 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- 416 AM EST TUE NOV 30 2010 /316 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TONIGHT...WITH THESE HIGH WINDS ALSO AFFECTING THE FOOTHILLS DUE TO MOUNTAIN WAVES. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE AS SOME OF THE STRONGER SHOWERS PULL THESE STRONG WINDS DOWN INTO THE VALLEY AREAS. FOR FURTHER DETAILS...PLEASE SEE THE HIGH WIND WARNING AND WIND ADVISORY PRODUCT (MEMNPWMRX). ANOTHER CONCERN INVOLVES THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE...SINCE THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY ROTATE AND COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED TORNADOES... MAINLY OVER SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE. IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS...SOME AREAS COULD EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING DUE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP DRAMATICALLY TONIGHT...WITH ANY LINGERING RAIN SHOWERS CHANGING TO SNOW SHOWERS ALONG WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY FOR DAMAGING WIND REPORTS...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THE MOUNTAINS.
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</html>SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 655 AM EST TUE NOV 30 2010 TNZ098-301300- MARION TN- 555 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MARION COUNTY UNTIL 700 AM CST... AT 548 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM TRACY CITY TO 19 MILES WEST OF BRIDGEPORT...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...JASPER...SOUTH PITTSBURG...WHITWELL...ORME...GRIFFITH CREEK...MARTIN SPRINGS... POWELLS CROSSROADS AND HALETOWN (GUILD). 17
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 917 AM EST TUE NOV 30 2010 TNZ081-082-098-099-301500- BLEDSOE TN-HAMILTON TN-MARION TN-SEQUATCHIE TN- 817 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MARION...HAMILTON...SEQUATCHIE AND BLEDSOE COUNTIES UNTIL 900 AM CST/1000 AM EST/... AT 814 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TRACY CITY TO 23 MILES SOUTH OF BRIDGEPORT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR...MAY OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. 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! DON'T DROWN! STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. DGS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were reported down and a trampoline was blown onto a storage building.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, November 2010
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 265239.