A localized severe thunderstorm produced some wind damage and isolated flash flooding in Russell County, Virginia.
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A localized severe thunderstorm produced some wind damage and isolated flash flooding in Russell County, 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 23, 1:29 PM EST, 5 hours 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 229 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT AND THURSDAY)...ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION WILL END WITH LOSS OF HEATING. MOST CONVECTION WILL BE ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS EXPECT ALONG OLD BOUNDARY ACROSS SW VA. MIN TEMPS HAVE BEEN INCHING UP LATELY SO CONTINUED THAT TREND FOR TONIGHT ALONG WITH MOS #S. BOTTOM OF EAST MOVING UPPER TROF MOVES ACROSS SW VA THU. FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHES FROM THE N. POPS WILL GO UP THROUGH THU AFTN. SOME STORMS COULD BE STRONG. FCST HIGH SIDE OF MAX TEMP GUIDANCE COUNTING ON CLOUDS AND PCPN ARRIVING IN THE AFTERNOON. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...MAIN STORY FOR THE LONG TERM IS POTENTIAL MAJOR PATTERN SHIFT WHICH HAS VIRTUALLY UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FROM MEDIUM RANGE MODELS AND ENSEMBLES. UPPER FLOW PROJECTED TO BECOME MUCH MORE AMPLIFIED BY EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH AMPLIFYING TROUGH DEVELOPING OVER THE EASTERN CONUS. MAIN MODEL DIFFERENCES REVOLVE AROUND TIMING WITH GFS STILL ABOUT 24 HOURS QUICKER WITH PASSAGE OF COLD FRONT THAN ECMWF. AS A RESULT...HAVE MADE ONLY MINOR TWEAKS TO PRECEDING GRIDS/FORECAST. IN THE MEANTIME...LITTLE CHANGE IN CURRENT PERSISTENT PATTERN AS UPPER RIDING HOLDS STRONG OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CONUS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 74 96 72 94 72 / 10 30 30 30 20 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 73 94 71 93 71 / 10 30 30 20 20 OAK RIDGE, TN 73 94 71 93 70 / 10 30 30 20 20 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 67 92 67 91 64 / 10 30 30 20 10 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && SON/LCM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 500 AM EDT WED JUN 23 2010 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-241000- 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 WED JUN 23 2010 /500 AM CDT WED JUN 23 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE OVER FAR NORTHERN AND EASTERN LOCATIONS. A STRAY STORM MAY BECOME STRONG...POSSIBLY SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 225 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010 VAZ002-005-006-008-231915- RUSSELL VA-SCOTT VA-WASHINGTON VA-WISE VA- 225 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WISE...RUSSELL...WASHINGTON AND EASTERN SCOTT COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT... AT 219 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLEVELAND...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEBANON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LEBANON... HANSONVILLE...HILANDER PARK AND HOLSTON. LCM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 457 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010 TNZ073-074-232145- NORTH SEVIER TN-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN- 457 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SEVIER COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM EDT... AT 444 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GATLINBURG. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE.... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR...MAY OCCUR WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT NEARLY STATIONARY. 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!
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 608 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010 VAZ002-006-008-232315- RUSSELL VA-WASHINGTON VA-WISE VA- 608 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WISE...RUSSELL AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT... AT 559 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLEVELAND...OR 10 MILES WEST OF LEBANON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LEBANON... CLEVELAND...HANSONVILLE...HILANDER PARK...HOLSTON AND ROSEDALE. 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.
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 135 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:30 UTC.
1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding occurred with several inches of water covering area roads and quickly flooded driveways, barns, utility buildings, yards, gardens, fences and basements in the area of the flooding.
A few trees were downed by thunderstorm winds.
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