Gradient winds produced some minor damage in southeast Tennessee.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
Gradient winds produced some minor damage in southeast Tennessee.
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 Dec 22, 9:22 PM EST, 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
922 PM EST WED DEC 22 2010
.DISCUSSION...COLDER AIR PUSHING IN ON GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST
WINDS. FORECAST FOR TONIGHT GENERALLY APPEARS TO BE ON TRACK. WILL
BEEF UP CLOUDS A BIT FOR TONIGHT...AND WILL TWEAK HOURLY TEMPS AND
DEW POINTS...BUT NO OTHER CHANGES PLANNED AT THIS TIME. WILL LEAVE
WIND ADVISORY AS IS. UPDATE OUT SOON.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 26 45 26 47 32 / 10 0 0 10 40
KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 24 39 23 44 29 / 10 0 0 10 30
OAK RIDGE, TN 24 40 24 42 29 / 10 0 0 10 40
TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 23 34 21 41 26 / 20 10 0 10 40
&&
.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...NONE.
TN...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
JOHNSON...SOUTHEAST CARTER...SOUTHEAST GREENE...UNICOI.
VA...NONE.
&&
LDWHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 355 AM EST WED DEC 22 2010 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-230900- 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- 355 AM EST WED DEC 22 2010 /255 AM CST WED DEC 22 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA TODAY KEEPING TEMPERATURES DOWN AND A CHANCE FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION. TONIGHT...GUSTY WINDS TO ABOVE 40 MPH WILL OCCUR IN THE NORTHEAST TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A POTENTIAL WINTER STORM IS FORECAST FOR THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND...AND COULD BRING SOME SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL FOR CHRISTMAS DAY. FOR MORE DETAILS ON THIS SYSTEM...PLEASE SEE OUR LATEST SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT (MEMSPSMRX). STAY INFORMED AND WATCH FOR UPDATES...ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION FOR SNOW REPORTS IS LIKELY THIS WEEKEND. BB/TG
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Days Inn Motel at 2550 Georgetown road northwest, suffered damage to a canopy and two rooms when the main advertising sign was blown over by strong winds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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