A frontal boundary lingering across the region triggered isolated severe thunderstorms during the heat of the day.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A frontal boundary lingering across the region triggered isolated severe thunderstorms during the heat of the day.
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 14, 12:15 PM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 115 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2010 .AVIATION...FRONTAL BOUNDARY WELL NORTH OF OHIO RIVER WITH HIGH SURFACE HUMIDITY IN PLACE. CONVECTION JUST STARTING TO POP OVER AREA...MORE SIGNIFICANTLY IN NORTHERN SECTIONS WHERE ACTIVE CLUSTER WAS MOVING WEST-EAST TOWARD TRI. HAVE INCLUDED VCSH AT BOTH CHA AND TYS WITH TEMPO TSRA, BUT KICKED UP TRI TO VCTS AND TEMPO TSRA. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO TAPER OFF AFTER SUNDOWN WITH POSSIBLY DENSE FOG SETTLING IN AT TRI. MOSTLY VFR CIGS/VSBYS BUT DOWN TO MVFR VSBYS IN +R. THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS IS HIGH AT EACH TAF SITE, ESPECIALLY AT TRI. WILL LIFT CIGS AFTER SUNDOWN, BUT DROP FOG DOWN AT TRI TO NEAR ONE MILE. MIGHT HAVE TO DROP CIGS AND VISBY THERE TO LIFR. && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && BB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 530 AM EDT MON JUN 14 2010 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-151000- 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- 530 AM EDT (430 AM CDT) MON JUN 14 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A HOT AND VERY HUMID AIR MASS WILL HELP TO TRIGGER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...WITH A FEW ISOLATED STORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING STRONG TO SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THIS WEEK...WITH A FEW ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE EACH DAY. THE MAIN THREATS THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THE EXPECTED SEVERE THREAT. DMG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1243 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2010 VAZ001-002-005-006-141745- LEE VA-RUSSELL VA-SCOTT VA-WISE VA- 1243 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WISE...RUSSELL...CITY OF NORTON...LEE AND SCOTT COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM EDT... AT 1242 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 27 MILES NORTH OF JOHN FLANNAGAN LAKE TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF FLEMING-NEON TO 8 MILES NORTH OF BEVERLY...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...WISE...NORTON...BIG STONE GAP...PENNINGTON GAP...POUND...PARDEE...APPALACHIA...ST. CHARLES...COEBURN...DRYDEN AND JASPER. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO 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. DH
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:13 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement personnel reported several trees downed by thunderstorm winds in Pound.
Law enforcement personnel reported 1 tree and powerlines downed by thunderstorm winds in Lebanon.
Law enforcement personnel reported several trees downed by thunderstorm winds along Grassy Creek Road southwest of Lebanon.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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