A thunderstorm complex tracked across east Tennessee during the morning hours. Storm reports contained damaging thunderstorm wind along with flash flooding.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 thunderstorm complex tracked across east Tennessee during the morning hours. Storm reports contained damaging thunderstorm wind along with flash flooding. One person drowned in Claiborne County.
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 20, 12:20 AM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
120 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2011
.AVIATION...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE REDEVELOPING ACROSS KY EARLY THIS MORNING...AND
WILL TRACK TO THE SOUTHEAST OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. IT IS POSSIBLE
THAT ONE OF THESE STORMS COULD AFFECT TRI OR TYS...BUT CHANCES
APPEAR TO LOW TO MENTION IN TAFS AT THIS POINT. WILL AMEND FOR TS
IF NEEDED. MID CLOUDS ARE CLEARING OUT OF TRI...WHICH MAY ALLOW FOR
SOME FOG DEVELOPMENT THERE TOWARD SUNRISE. TRI WILL CONTINUE TO
HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE
DAY...AND WILL MENTION CB AND VCTS THERE. TYS WILL HAVE A CHANCE OF
STORMS BUT MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON. CHA REMAINS MORE STABLE AND IS
NOT LIKELY TO SEE ANY PRECIP.
&&
.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...NONE.
TN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING 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 UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: LEE...RUSSELL...SCOTT...WASHINGTON...WISE.
&&
DGSHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 200 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-201000- 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- 200 PM EDT (100 PM CDT) SUN JUN 19 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ANOTHER COMPLEX FROM THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATER TONIGHT. WITH THESE STORMS...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. IN ADDITION...AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY...BRINGING MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. DMG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1128 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1025 PM TSTM WND DMG MOUNT CREST 35.67N 85.24W
06/19/2011 BLEDSOE TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
ONE TREE DOWN ON BIG SPRING GAP RD.
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1132 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0950 PM TSTM WND DMG SPRING CITY 35.69N 84.86W
06/19/2011 RHEA TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
FEW TREE LIMBS DOWN.
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1143 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1120 PM TSTM WND DMG MURPHY 35.09N 84.03W
06/19/2011 CHEROKEE NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1209 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1135 PM TSTM WND DMG BRASSTOWN 35.02N 83.91W
06/19/2011 CLAY NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1225 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1245 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 S GREENEVILLE 36.15N 82.82W
06/19/2011 GREENE TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
A FEW TREES DOWN.
0335 PM HAIL POWELL 36.03N 84.03W
06/19/2011 E1.00 INCH KNOX TN TRAINED SPOTTER
0950 PM TSTM WND DMG SPRING CITY 35.69N 84.86W
06/19/2011 RHEA TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
FEW TREE LIMBS DOWN.
1002 PM HAIL TEN MILE 35.67N 84.67W
06/19/2011 E0.88 INCH MEIGS TN AMATEUR RADIO
1005 PM HAIL TEN MILE 35.67N 84.67W
06/19/2011 E1.00 INCH MEIGS TN AMATEUR RADIO
1025 PM TSTM WND DMG MOUNT CREST 35.67N 85.24W
06/19/2011 BLEDSOE TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
ONE TREE DOWN ON BIG SPRING GAP RD.
1028 PM FUNNEL CLOUD MOUNT CREST 35.67N 85.24W
06/19/2011 BLEDSOE TN TRAINED SPOTTER
1028 PM HAIL NIOTA 35.51N 84.55W
06/19/2011 E0.75 INCH MCMINN TN AMATEUR RADIO
1040 PM HAIL 5 SSE MADISONVILLE 35.46N 84.33W
06/19/2011 E1.00 INCH MONROE TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
1055 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SE ATHENS 35.44N 84.59W
06/19/2011 MCMINN TN AMATEUR RADIO
TREE DOWN ON HOME AT 108 MASON STREET.
1120 PM TSTM WND DMG MURPHY 35.09N 84.03W
06/19/2011 CHEROKEE NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.
1135 PM TSTM WND DMG BRASSTOWN 35.02N 83.91W
06/19/2011 CLAY NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
&&SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 253 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2011 TNZ014-015-VAZ001-200745- CLAIBORNE TN-HANCOCK TN-LEE VA- 253 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LEE...HANCOCK AND CLAIBORNE COUNTIES UNTIL 345 AM EDT... AT 249 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PONZA...OR NEAR PINEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SNEEDVILLE... HARROGATE-SHAWANEE...TAZEWELL...CUMBERLAND GAP...ARTHUR...EWING... LONE MOUNTAIN...ROSE HILL...HOWARD QUARTER AND EVANSTON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR...MAY OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. 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! DGS
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 21 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:44 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement personnel reported multiple trees downed by thunderstorm wind in Bean Station.
Law enforcement personnel reported several trees downed by thunderstorm wind on Highway 25E 5 miles southeast of Tazewell.
Law enforcement personnel reported one tree downed by thunderstorm wind southeast of Russellville.
Law enforcement personnel reported several trees downed by thunderstorm wind in Arthur.
Law enforcement personnel reported one tree downed by thunderstorm wind on Lonesome Pine Trail northeast of Mosheim.
Law enforcement personnel reported numerous trees downed by thunderstorm wind across the eastern portions of the county.
Law enforcement personnel reported heavy rain from thunderstorms produced flooding near Morristown. Bethesda Road and portions of east 11E Highway were closed by officers for flooding.
Law enforcement personnel reported heavy rain from thunderstorms produced flooding of creeks and roads across eastern portions of the county.
A NWS employee reported heavy rain from thunderstorms produced flooding of creeks and roads across eastern portions of Hamblen county.
Emergency management personnel reported heavy rain from thunderstorms produced flooding to at least 20 homes from Harrogate to Tazewell. One person drowned in Harrogate.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood, Claiborne | 2011-06-20 | 54 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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: 314684, 314685, 321785, 314686, 321788, 314687, 314994, 314995, 314996, 314997.