Isolated thunderstorm developed along a boundary during the evening hours. There were a few reports of damaging thunderstorm wind.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
Isolated thunderstorm developed along a boundary during the evening hours. There were a few reports of damaging thunderstorm wind. In addition an EF-0 tornado touched down briefly in Loudon Co.
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 22, 1:35 PM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 235 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT AND THURSDAY)...CURRENT RADAR SHOWS SOME WEAK CONVECTION OVER OUR AREA...WITH ANOTHER STRONGER AREA OF CONVECTION TO OUR WEST AHEAD OF A WEAK COLD FRONT AND SOME SHORT WAVE ENERGY. THIS FRONT EXPECTED TO ADVANCE SLOWLY TOWARD THE AREA DURING THE SHORT TERM PERIOD...WHILE SHORT WAVE ENERGY SHOULD PUSH ACROSS OUR AREA OVERNIGHT. EXPECT NUMEROUS SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE REGION OVERNIGHT...SO WILL CARRY LIKELY POPS ALL ZONES. DEEPER MOISTURE PROGGED TO PUSH EAST BY 12Z...BUT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL LINGER. SOMEWHAT PROBLEMATIC TO FIGURE HOW QUICKLY CLOUDS WILL BREAK UP...SO MAX TEMPS AND AMOUNT OF ENERGY AVAILABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IS UNCERTAIN. FOR NOW WILL FORECAST SOME DECREASE IN CLOUDS BY AFTERNOON...AND CARRY 30 TO 40 POPS ALL ZONES. WILL GENERALLY ACCEPT MAV MIN TEMPS...BUT WILL TRIM A COUPLE OF DEGREES FOR MAX TEMPS THURSDAY. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE LARGE-SCALE PATTERN THROUGH THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD...AND BASICALLY SHOW A STAGNANT PATTERN THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY AT THE SURFACE WILL LINGER AROUND THE TN RIVER VALLEY...WITH NORTHWESTERLY UPPER-LEVEL FLOW HELPING TO GENERATE A MODERATELY TO VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS EVERY AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT...EXPECT SCATTERED CONVECTION TO DEVELOP EACH DAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION...BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF MODELS HINT AT SOME MCS ACTIVITY DEVELOPING OVER THE MID MS RIVER VALLEY DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE EXTENDED...WHICH WILL LIKELY MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. AS FOR TEMPS...WILL GENERALLY TREND TOWARDS A PERSISTENCE FORECAST THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD...WITH A SLIGHT WARMING TREND DEVELOPING EARLY NEXT WEEK AS AN UPPER-LEVEL HIGH OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS DRIFTS EASTWARD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 70 87 69 88 68 / 70 30 40 40 40 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 69 86 68 86 67 / 60 30 40 40 40 OAK RIDGE, TN 68 85 69 86 68 / 60 30 40 40 40 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 68 84 64 84 63 / 60 30 40 40 40 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && LDW/DMG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 300 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-231000- 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- 300 PM EDT (200 PM CDT) WED JUN 22 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL BE PRESENT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS A COOL FRONT MOVES EAST ACROSS THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM WELL AHEAD OF THIS BOUNDARY...WITH THE GREATER COVERAGE EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A STAGNANT BUT ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED EACH DAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE EACH DAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES ORIGINATING FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. EACH DAY...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AT TIMES THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. DMG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 337 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011 TNZ085-100>102-222000- BRADLEY TN-EAST POLK TN-MCMINN TN-WEST POLK TN- 337 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR POLK...MCMINN AND BRADLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT... AT 334 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CHARLESTON...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLEVELAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BENTON...ATHENS... CHARLESTON...ETOWAH...CALHOUN...RICEVILLE...RELIANCE AND DENTVILLE. 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), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:37 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement personnel reported a funnel cloud seen from a thunderstorm 7 miles northwest of Loudon in the Marble Bluff Community.
Amateur radio personnel reported an EF-0 tornado touched downed briefly 7 miles northwest of Loudon. It had path length of 100 yards and path width of 20 yards. The max wind of 70 mph downed a few trees.
Law enforcement personnel reported 2 trees downed by thunderstorm wind on Black Fox Road 7 miles northwest of Rutledge.
Law enforcement personnel reported a couple of trees downed by thunderstorm wind on Lee Valley Road 8 miles east of Bean Station.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Tennessee, 2011Warnings 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: 316138, 316144, 316145, 316146.