A boundary across the area produced severe thunderstorms during the afternoon hours. Most of the storm reports were for damaging thunderstorm winds but hail as large as a golfball was also reported.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A boundary across the area produced severe thunderstorms during the afternoon hours. Most of the storm reports were for damaging thunderstorm winds but hail as large as a golfball was also reported.
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 9, 3:20 PM EST, 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 420 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND FRIDAY)...COLD FRONT OVER THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...WITH OUTFLOW FROM ITS ASSOCIATED CONVECTION HELPING TO TRIGGER SCATTERED CONVECTION OVER THE FORECAST AREA ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OVERALL...EXPECT A PERSISTENCE PATTERN TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...WITH TEMPS AND PRECIP COVERAGE VERY SIMILAR TO TODAY. .LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)...FRONT ENTERING THE AREA ON SATURDAY AND LINGERS INTO SUNDAY. SHOULD HAVE SUFFICIENT MOISTURE AND LIFT TO CONTINUE WITH CHANCE POPS FOR BOTH DAYS. INSTABILITY ALSO INCREASING...SO COULD SEE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. ACTIVITY SHOULD BE ISOLATED ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY BEFORE ANOTHER FRONT ENTERS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. STAYED NEAR MEX/HPC GUIDANCE FOR TEMPERATURES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 69 95 69 93 68 / 10 20 20 30 30 KNOXVILLE AIRPORT, TN 67 94 68 92 68 / 10 20 20 30 30 OAK RIDGE, TN 67 95 67 92 67 / 10 30 20 30 30 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 65 91 62 90 64 / 20 30 20 40 40 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && TT/GH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 139 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-101000- 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- 139 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 /1239 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU REGION...NORTHEAST TENNESSEE...AND INTO SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A WEAK BOUNDARY WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION...AND WILL HELP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM OR TWO CANNOT ALSO BE RULED OUT. ANY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE REGION BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL BECOME STRONG...WITH ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE. AGAIN...ANY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME DUE TO THE ISOLATED STORM DEVELOPMENT. TROUTMAN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
316 PM EDT THU JUN 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0235 PM HAIL EVENSVILLE 35.56N 84.96W
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PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL
&&SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 319 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 TNZ099-091945- HAMILTON TN- 319 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAMILTON COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM EDT... AT 314 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SODDY-DAISY...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHATTANOOGA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES OR PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CHATTANOOGA... HARRISON...MIDDLE VALLEY...RED BANK...OOLTEWAH...COLLEGEDALE AND EAST BRAINERD. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. DGS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 322 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 VAZ006-008-092000- RUSSELL VA-WASHINGTON VA- 322 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CITY OF BRISTOL...WASHINGTON AND RUSSELL COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT... AT 322 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRISTOL VIRGINIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ABINGDON...HILANDER PARK AND HOLSTON. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. TROUTMAN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 351 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 TNZ017-092030- SULLIVAN TN- 351 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SULLIVAN COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM EDT... AT 350 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BRISTOL TN. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES OR PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BRISTOL TN AND SOUTH HOLSTON DAM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. DGS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
352 PM EDT THU JUN 09 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0328 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 ESE NIOTA 35.50N 84.52W
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A FEW TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 307
&&SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 415 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 TNZ017-018-046-047-VAZ008-092045- JOHNSON TN-NORTHWEST CARTER TN-SOUTHEAST CARTER TN-SULLIVAN TN-WASHINGTON VA- 415 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CARTER...CITY OF BRISTOL... WASHINGTON...JOHNSON AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM EDT... AT 408 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ABINGDON. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MOUNTAIN CITY... HAMPTON...HARR...DAMASCUS...SHADY VALLEY...EMORY-MEADOW VIEW...LAUREL BLOOMERY...GLADE SPRING...SADIE...KONNAROCK...DOEVILLE...NEVA...TRADE AND ELK MILLS. 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.
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 148 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:22 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement personnel reported a few trees downed by thunderstorm winds 3 miles northwest of Hothouse.
Law enforcement personnel reported thunderstorms produced golfball-size hail in Tusquitee.
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: 311167, 311168.