A weak boundary lingering across the area triggered isolated severe thunderstorms in northeast Tennessee during the late afternoon hours.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A weak boundary lingering across the area triggered isolated severe thunderstorms in northeast Tennessee during the late afternoon hours.
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 24, 2:00 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 300 PM EDT THU JUN 24 2010 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT AND FRIDAY)...COLD FRONT EXTENDS SW THROUGH KENTUCKY TO EXTREME NW TN THIS AFTERNOON. SHORT WAVE CURRENTLY MOVING NE THROUGH CNTRL APPALACHIANS. LIFT FROM THIS FEATURE WILL NO LONGER BE A FEATURE OF CONCERN FOR MRX CWA. CONVECTIVE INITIATION WELL UNDER WAY ALONG AND S OF THE FRONT. FRONT PROGGED TO DRIFT S INTO MRX CWA TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA INTO THIS EVENING. AIRMASS VERY UNSTABLE AND AVAILABLE MOISTURE REMAINS HIGH. STORMS WILL BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. ACTIVITY WILL DECREASE IN STRENGTH AFTER SUNSET BUT PRECIPITATION CHANCE REMAINS ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT WITH POSITION OF THE FRONT. THIS PCPN CHC CONTINUES TOMORROW AS WELL FAVORING SOUTHERN AREAS. WARM TEMP PROFILE CHANGES LITTLE THROUGH PERIOD. .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)...A WEAK FRONT WILL LINGER ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. HOWEVER...MODELS SHOW A MID-LEVEL CAP-INVERSION DEVELOPING OVER THE AREA WHICH WILL LIMIT CONVECTION...SO WILL CALL FOR LOW CHANCE POPS AT BEST. FOR SUNDAY...MID-LEVEL INVERSION WEAKENS...BUT ONLY FORCING WILL BE OROGRAPHIC WILL CALL FOR LOW CHANCE POPS FOR VALLEY WITH CHANCE HIGHER ELEVATION. FOR MONDAY...ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE TOWARD THE AREA INCREASING THE CHANCES OF CONVECTION. WILL CALL FOR HIGH CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS. FOR TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...FRONT MOVES SOUTH OF THE AREA WITH SURFACE RIDGING INTO THE FORECAST AREA. WILL MAINTAIN LOW CHANCE FOR TUESDAY...OTHERWISE DRY WEATHER. && && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 73 94 71 96 73 / 40 40 20 10 10 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 71 92 70 94 72 / 50 30 20 10 10 OAK RIDGE, TN 71 93 70 95 71 / 50 30 20 10 10 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 68 91 66 93 65 / 50 20 10 10 10 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && SON/DH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 500 AM EDT THU JUN 24 2010 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-251000- 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 THU JUN 24 2010 /500 AM CDT THU JUN 24 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...A WEAKENING FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WILL BRING WITH IT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 427 PM EDT THU JUN 24 2010 TNZ017-242115- SULLIVAN TN- 427 PM EDT THU JUN 24 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SULLIVAN COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM EDT... AT 422 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR KINGSPORT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BRISTOL TN...COLONIAL HEIGHTS...BLOOMINGDALE...TRI-CITY AIRPORT...BLOUNTVILLE AND BLUFF CITY. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 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 ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. DGS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 432 PM EDT THU JUN 24 2010 TNZ014-015-242115- CLAIBORNE TN-HANCOCK TN- 432 PM EDT THU JUN 24 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CLAIBORNE AND HANCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM EDT... AT 430 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES EAST OF HARROGATE-SHAWANEE...OR 12 MILES EAST OF MIDDLESBORO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SNEEDVILLE...HOWARD QUARTER AND EVANSTON. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DGS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 515 PM EDT THU JUN 24 2010 VAZ002-005-242200- SCOTT VA-WISE VA- 515 PM EDT THU JUN 24 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WISE...CITY OF NORTON AND SCOTT COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT... AT 514 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WHITESBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...NORTON...WISE...BIG STONE GAP...APPALACHIA...POUND...FORT BLACKMORE AND COEBURN. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DGS
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:18 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement personnel reported 1 tree downed by thunderstorm winds in Bluff City.
Law enforcement personnel reported a few trees downed by thunderstorm winds in Hunter.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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