A front tracking through the region triggered severe thunderstorms over extreme southwest North Carolina. Storm reports contained both thunderstorm wind damage as well as large hail.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A front tracking through the region triggered severe thunderstorms over extreme southwest North Carolina. Storm reports contained both thunderstorm wind damage as well as large hail.
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, 2:39 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 339 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)...ACTIVE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON...BUT NOT AN ACTIVE PATTERN OF SYSTEMS AS FRONTAL SYSTEM LOOKS TO NOT CLEAR THE AREA UNTIL LATER ON THURSDAY. WILL CLEAR THE PRECIP WEST TO EAST ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT FRONT NOT MAKING IT FAR AWAY AT ALL. SEVERE THREAT FOR THE AREA LIKELY TO GO INTO THE NIGHT AS 25KT LOW-LEVEL JET PUMPS MOISTURE INTO THE AREA. PRESENT SVR WATCH GOES UNTIL 8PM...BUT WOULD THINK SOME PART OF THE AREA WILL HAVE A WATCH AFTERWARDS. .LONG TERM (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...THIS PERIOD STARTS OUT WITH A FAIRLY MUTED WAVE PATTERN WITH THE UPPER LOW STILL OVER THE GRT LAKES AND THE UPPER HI OVER NRN MEXICO. BY SATURDAY THE HIGH DRIFTS OVER TEXAS AND BUILDS RESULTING IN 500MB HEIGHT RISES OVER OUR CWA OF ABOUT 50-60M...AND PUSHES THE NW FLOW MAIN STORM TRACK OFF TO OUR NORTHEAST. BEFORE THE RIDGE BUILDS IN...MODELS SHOW SMALL WIGGLES IN NW FLOW OVER AREA FOR FRIDAY...SUFFICIENT TO KEEP SOME POPS IN...THEN TREND TO NO POPS SW-NE OVER A 2-DAY PERIOD...STARTING IN THE SW FRIDAY NIGHT NEAR CHA...AND FINALLY CUTTING OFF POPS IN THE NORTHEAST BY SUNDAY NIGHT. WILL LET RIDGE RULE FROM THEN THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT WITH NO POPS...BUT NEXT SYSTEM LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO INTRODUCE POPS BY THE END OF THE FORECAST ON WEDNESDAY. FOR TEMPS...NO MAJOR STRAYING FROM GUIDANCE ON EITHER LOWS OR HIGHS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 68 93 64 91 68 / 60 20 20 20 10 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 66 89 62 87 68 / 60 30 10 20 20 OAK RIDGE, TN 66 89 62 86 67 / 60 20 10 20 20 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 61 86 56 83 62 / 70 30 10 30 20 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && GM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 434 AM EDT WED JUN 15 2011 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-160845- 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- 434 AM EDT WED JUN 15 2011 /334 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY...WITH A THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES DECREASE GRADUALLY EACH DAY...WITH ONLY A VERY SLIGHT CHANCE BY MONDAY AND TUESDAY...DUE TO A BUILDING UPPER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE. THE THREAT OF STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS IS VERY LOW FOR THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...SO NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 243 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011 TNZ067-083-151930- RHEA TN-ROANE TN- 243 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ROANE AND EXTREME NORTHERN RHEA COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EDT... AT 239 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF ROCKWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES OR PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... ROCKWOOD AROUND 250 PM EDT. HARRIMAN AND FAIRVIEW AROUND 300 PM EDT. KINGSTON AND PAINT ROCK AROUND 305 PM EDT. DEARMOND AROUND 310 PM EDT. BRADBURY AROUND 315 PM EDT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. DGS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 247 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011 TNZ036-069>071-073-074-151945- ANDERSON TN-JEFFERSON TN-KNOX TN-NORTH SEVIER TN-NW BLOUNT TN-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN- 247 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOUNT...SEVIER...KNOX...JEFFERSON AND ANDERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM... AT 244 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER BLOUNT...SEVIER...KNOX... JEFFERSON AND ANDERSON COUNTIES. THESE STORM WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 40 MPH. SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. 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. DMG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 333 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011 TNZ067-068-082>086-152030- BLEDSOE TN-LOUDON TN-MCMINN TN-MEIGS TN-NORTHWEST MONROE TN-RHEA TN-ROANE TN- 333 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MONROE...MEIGS...MCMINN... BLEDSOE...LOUDON...ROANE AND RHEA COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EDT... AT 331 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ROCKWOOD TO 12 MILES NORTH OF PIKEVILLE...WHICH WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION TO SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. 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. DMG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 353 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011 TNZ068-071-072-086-087-152045- BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN-LOUDON TN-NORTHWEST MONROE TN-NW BLOUNT TN-SOUTHEAST MONROE TN- 353 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOUNT...MONROE AND LOUDON COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM EDT... AT 352 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SWEETWATER...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES OR PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LOUDON...MARYVILLE... ALCOA...EAGLETON VILLAGE...VONORE...GREENBACK...CITICO BEACH... FRIENDSVILLE...TALASSEE...CLOVER HILL...HAPPY VALLEY...WILDWOOD... CADES COVE...WALLAND AND TOWNSEND. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. DGS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
417 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011
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..REMARKS..
1250 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 ENE WHITWELL 35.22N 85.47W
06/15/2011 MARION TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
ONE TREE DOWN ON MT CALVARY RD.
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
448 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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0445 PM HAIL 1 W DUNLAP 35.37N 85.40W
06/15/2011 E1.00 INCH SEQUATCHIE TN EMERGENCY MNGR
&&The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:21 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement personnel reported numerous trees and powerlines downed by thunderstorm wind in Andrews.
Law enforcement personnel reported thunderstorms produced dime to golfball-size hail in Hayesville.
Law enforcement personnel reported numerous trees downed by thunderstorm wind in the Tusquittee Road and the Downings Creek Road areas near Hayesville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 2011
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 314371, 314372, 314375.