Isolated thunderstorms developed across east Tennessee along a boundary during the afternoon hours. A few of the storms reported damaging thunderstorm wind and large hail.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
Isolated thunderstorms developed across east Tennessee along a boundary during the afternoon hours. A few of the storms reported damaging thunderstorm wind and large hail. A funnel cloud was also spotted.
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 19, 10:05 AM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1105 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
.DISCUSSION...
CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A NORTHWEST-TO-SOUTHEAST ORIENTED
FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER CENTRAL EAST TN...WITH SATELLITE AND RADAR
IMAGERY REVEALING AN MCS MOVING INTO THE FORECAST AREA FROM KY. AN
EXTENSIVE AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES
HAS ALREADY OCCURRED AROUND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THIS MORNING...WITH
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN AGAIN
TONIGHT WITH ANOTHER MCS EXPECTED TO MOVE DOWN FROM THE OHIO RIVER
VALLEY. THUS...WILL PLAN TO ISSUE A FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL EAST TN...NORTHEAST TN AND SOUTHWEST VA.
MODELS INDICATE THAT THE AIR MASS OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE
FORECAST AREA WILL BECOME MODERATELY TO POTENTIALLY VERY UNSTABLE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SO THINK THIS MAY BE THE BEST PLACE FOR
THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON.
OVERALL...WILL PLAN TO UPDATE THE FORECAST THIS MORNING TO RAISE
POPS...TO LOWER TEMPS A LITTLE...AND TO MENTION THE FLOOD WATCH FOR
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 92 68 97 71 96 / 40 20 10 10 10
KNOXVILLE AIRPORT, TN 88 68 94 69 94 / 60 30 10 10 10
OAK RIDGE, TN 87 68 94 69 94 / 60 30 10 10 10
TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 84 64 91 65 93 / 80 60 20 10 10
&&
.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...NONE.
TN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
ANDERSON...BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS...CAMPBELL...CLAIBORNE...
COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS...GRAINGER...HAMBLEN...HANCOCK...
HAWKINS...JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...KNOX...LOUDON...MORGAN...NW
BLOUNT...NORTH SEVIER...NORTHWEST CARTER...NORTHWEST
COCKE...NORTHWEST GREENE...ROANE...SCOTT TN...SEVIER SMOKY
MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST CARTER...SOUTHEAST GREENE...
SULLIVAN...UNICOI...UNION...WASHINGTON TN.
VA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
LEE...RUSSELL...SCOTT...WASHINGTON...WISE.
&&
DMGHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 343 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-200745- 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- 343 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 /243 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE IN PLACE AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES IN A WESTERLY FLOW...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE NORTH. THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF STORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA...BRINGING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY. CONDITIONS MAY BECOME FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AT TIMES TODAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1204 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 TNZ016-017-036>047-069>074-191700- ANDERSON TN-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN-GRAINGER TN-HAMBLEN TN-HAWKINS TN-JEFFERSON TN-KNOX TN-NORTH SEVIER TN-NORTHWEST CARTER TN-NORTHWEST COCKE TN-NORTHWEST GREENE TN-NW BLOUNT TN-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN-SOUTHEAST CARTER TN-SOUTHEAST GREENE TN-SULLIVAN TN-UNICOI TN-UNION TN-WASHINGTON TN- 1204 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOUNT...GREENE...CARTER... SEVIER...COCKE...KNOX...JEFFERSON...HAWKINS...HAMBLEN...GRAINGER... ANDERSON...WASHINGTON...UNION...UNICOI AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM EDT... AT 1201 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM COLONIAL HEIGHTS TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLINTON...WHICH WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION TO GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN...OCCASIONAL 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
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement personnel reported a few trees downed by thunderstorm wind countywide.
A trained spotter reported thunderstorms produced quarter-size hail in Powell.
Law enforcement personnel reported a few tree limbs downed by thunderstorm wind in Spring City.
Amateur radio personnel reported thunderstorms produced nickel-size hail in Ten Mile.
Amateur radio personnel reported thunderstorms produced quarter-size hail in Ten Mile.
A trained spotter sighted a funnel cloud from a thunderstorm in Mount Crest.
Law enforcement personnel reported thunderstorms produced quarter-size hail 5 miles southeast of Madisonville.
Amateur radio personnel reported a tree was downed on a home by thunderstorm wind near Athens.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, 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: 314673, 314674, 314676, 314677, 314678, 314675, 314679, 314680.