A slowing moving thunderstorms brought isolated heavy rain reports across southwest Virginia.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A slowing moving thunderstorms brought isolated heavy rain reports across southwest Virginia.
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 15, 2:05 PM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 305 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 2010 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY)...VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE HAS ERUPTED INTO POCKETS OF STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION WHICH APPEARS TO BE INITIATING ON THE MAJOR TERRAIN FEATURES AND DRIFTING VERY SLOWLY EAST. EXPECT THE ACTION TO CONTINUE POSSIBLY THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF THE EVENING BEFORE LOSING STRENGTH AS THE SURFACE SLOWLY COOLS. FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS MODELS HAVE BEEN TARGETING THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS FOR MORE WIDESPREAD CONVECTION ON WEDNESDAY AS NORTH CENTRAL STATES UPPER TROF DRIVES EAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY. MIDWEST FRONTAL BOUNDARY SHOULD CONTINUE TO PRESS SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY TOWARD THE NORTHERN REACHES OF THE FORECAST AREA ON WEDNESDAY. EXPECT FAIRLY DECENT CONVERAGE OF STORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST TENNESSEE WELL IN ADVANCE OF THIS COOL FRONT. THEREFORE EDGED POPS TO LIKELY CATEGORY IN THIS AREA WHILE USING GOOD CHANCE ACROSS THE REMAINING COUNTIES. STAYED FAIRLY CLOSE TO GUIDANCE BLEND FOR TEMPS IN THE SHORT TERM. .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)...FOR THURSDAY...WEAK FRONT WILL MOVE TOWARD THE FORECAST AREA MAINTAINING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. FOR FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...MODELS SHOW A WEAK SURFACE AND 850MB LOW DEVELOPING OVER GA WITH AN INVERTED TROUGH INTO THE SPINE OF THE APPALACHIANS. CONVERGENCE ALONG INVERTED TROUGH ALONG WITH UPSLOPE EAST FLOW INTO THE CAROLINA MOUNTAINS WILL KEEP BEST CHANCES- COVERAGE OF CONVECTION ALONG THE TENNESSEE-NORTH CAROLINA STATE- LINE. THE FLOW AROUND THE WEAK LOW WILL PRODUCE A DEEP...BUT WEAK...EASTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WITH DOWNSLOPE IN THE VALLEY. ALSO...MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW DRY AIRMASS AND WEAK MID-LEVEL CAP OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. BESIDES THE FAR EASTERN TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...WILL CALL FOR MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. FOR TUESDAY...DEEPER MOISTURE RETURNS IN ADVANCE OF ANOTHER WEAK BOUNDARY. CONFIDENCE OF THIS FRONT LOW...SO WILL ONLY CALL FOR LOW CHANCE POPS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 74 93 69 94 70 / 20 50 30 20 20 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 72 90 69 92 66 / 30 50 30 20 10 OAK RIDGE, TN 71 90 68 93 65 / 30 50 20 20 10 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 66 87 65 89 61 / 40 60 20 20 10 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && 20/DH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 500 AM EDT TUE JUN 15 2010 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-161000- 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 (400 AM CDT) TUE JUN 15 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 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY 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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
554 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0542 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SE COLLEGEDALE 35.03N 85.04W
06/15/2010 HAMILTON TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN BETWEEN COLLEGEDALE
AND APISON. REPORTED BY DISPATCH.
&&
GRCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
605 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0556 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 4 SSW BLUFF CITY 36.41N 82.30W
06/15/2010 SULLIVAN TN TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN PINEY FLATS.
&&
GRCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
619 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM TSTM WND DMG JASPER 35.06N 85.63W
06/15/2010 MARION TN AMATEUR RADIO
SEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN AND AROUND JASPER.
REPORTED BY DISPATCH.
&&
FERRELLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
621 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0610 PM TSTM WND DMG 8 ESE CLEVELAND 35.13N 84.74W
06/15/2010 BRADLEY TN AMATEUR RADIO
ONE TREE DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 64...ABOUT ONE HALF MILE FROM
THE POLK COUNTY LINE.
&&
FERRELLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
626 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0615 PM TSTM WND DMG CLEVELAND 35.18N 84.87W
06/15/2010 BRADLEY TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN COUNTYWIDE. REPORTED
BY DISPATCH.
&&
FERRELLSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 627 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 2010 TNZ017-018-046-047-VAZ005-006-008-152315- JOHNSON TN-NORTHWEST CARTER TN-RUSSELL VA-SCOTT VA-SOUTHEAST CARTER TN-SULLIVAN TN-WASHINGTON VA- 627 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CARTER...WESTERN RUSSELL... WASHINGTON...EXTREME EASTERN SCOTT...CITY OF BRISTOL...JOHNSON AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT... AT 624 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EXTREME NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES OR PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORME INCLUDE...ABINGDON...MOUNTAIN CITY...HILANDER PARK...HOLSTON...HARR...SHADY VALLEY...NEVA...LAUREL BLOOMERY...DAMASCUS...TRADE...KONNAROCK...EMORY-MEADOW VIEW...GLADE SPRING AND LINDELL. LCM
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:31 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement personnel reported several roads and streets in and around Castlewood covered by rain from slow moving thunderstorms.
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