An upper level trough moved across the Lower Ohio Valley inducing surface low pressure along a frontal boundary stalled just south of Tennessee and North Carolina. Elevated convection formed just north of the warm portion of the boundary producing some reports of large hail and wind damage.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
An upper level trough moved across the Lower Ohio Valley inducing surface low pressure along a frontal boundary stalled just south of Tennessee and North Carolina. Elevated convection formed just north of the warm portion of the boundary producing some reports of large hail and wind damage.
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 Mar 26, 6:57 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 757 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011 .AVIATION...FRONT TRACKING OVER THE AREA TONIGHT BRINGING RAIN AND A CONDITIONS LOWERING TO IFR TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS AT CHA AND TYS SHOULD EXIT EARLY IN THE TAF PERIOD. LIGHT WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && GH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 406 AM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-270900- 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- 406 AM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011 /306 AM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH HAIL AND POSSIBLY STRONG WINDS...WITH THE HIGHEST THREAT OVER SOUTHERN COUNTIES. VERY HEAVY RAIN MAY OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL AREAS...WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 556 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011 TNZ081-082-262245- BLEDSOE TN-SEQUATCHIE TN- 456 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SEQUATCHIE AND BLEDSOE COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT... AT 450 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRUETLI-LAAGER...OR 17 MILES SOUTH OF MCMINNVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE... CARTWRIGHT...CAGLE...OLD CUMBERLAND...PALIO...MOUNT CREST...BRAYTON AND MELVINE. 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. TG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 836 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011 NCZ060-061-TNZ101-102-270130- CHEROKEE NC-CLAY NC-EAST POLK TN-WEST POLK TN- 836 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR POLK...CLAY AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM EDT... AT 831 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES EAST OF BENTON...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...DUCKTOWN...MURPHY... ANDREWS...HAYESVILLE...TURTLETOWN...VIOLET...HOT HOUSE...HIAWASSE DAM...UNAKA...CULBERSON...MARBLE...BRASSTOWN...TUSQUITEE...TOPTON AND SHOOTING CREEK. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. TG
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 143 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:00 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were reported down in the vicinity of Bellview.
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