Scattered thunderstorms developed along a boundary during the evening hours and even continued into the overnight hours. Storm reports were varied and ranged from two tornadoes as well damaging thunderstorm wind.
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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.
Scattered thunderstorms developed along a boundary during the evening hours and even continued into the overnight hours. Storm reports were varied and ranged from two tornadoes as well damaging thunderstorm wind. Flooding 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 23, 12:19 PM EST, 5 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 119 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011 .AVIATION...WEAK COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO SAG INTO THE AREA BEFORE STALLING. MAY SEE SOME CONVECTION LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...SO FOR NOW WILL INCLUDE CB ALL SITES DURING THAT PERIOD GIVEN UNCERTAINTY IN TIMING. APPEARS SOME LOW CLOUDS AND POSSIBLY SOME FOG MAY FORM LATTER HALF OF TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY...ALTHOUGH CONFIDENCE NOT HIGH AT THIS POINT. FOR NOW WILL TAKE CONDITIONS NO LOWER THAN MVFR...ALTHOUGH LOWER CONDITIONS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE. && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && LDW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 445 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2011 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-240845- 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- 445 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2011 /345 AM CDT THU JUN 23 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .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 GREATEST COVERAGE EXPECTED GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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.
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:41 UTC.
8 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement personnel reported 2 trees downed by thunderstorm wind 5 miles west of Oneida. One on Leatherwood Road and another on Pine Hill Road.
Law enforcement personnel reported a couple of trees downed by thunderstorm wind in the Sunbright area.
Law enforcement personnel reported 2 trees downed by thunderstorm wind on Maple Drive 5 miles north of Knoxville.
Law enforcement personnel reported 2 trees downed by thunderstorm wind on Oliver Springs Highway 2 miles southwest of Clinton.
Law enforcement personnel reported 2 trees downed by thunderstorm wind on Tillery and Reaves Road 4 northwest of Knoxville.
An NWS storm survey reported an EF-1 tornado touched down 6 miles east of Oak Ridge. It formed near the Bull Run Fossil Fuel Plant then traveled northeast toward near Etmore Road just east of Oak Ridge. It had a path length of 1.5 miles and a path width of 80 yards. The max winds of 90 mph downed numerous trees and produced slight roof damage on 3 homes.
A NWS storm surveyed reported an EF-0 tornado touched along Western Avenue in Knoxville. It had a path length of around 1 mile and a path width of 100 yards. The max wind of 80 mph downed several trees and powerlines along with causing slight roof damage on 2 homes.
Law enforcement personnel reported several trees downed by thunderstorm wind across the southern third of the county.
Law enforcement personnel reported heavy rain from thunderstorms caused water completely covering the road on Blockhouse Valley Road southwest of Clinton.
Law enforcement personnel reported heavy rain from thunderstorm caused flooding on many roads across the county.
Law enforcement personnel reported powerlines downed by thunderstorm wind on Boyds Creek Highway 6 miles northwest of Sevierville.
Law enforcement personnel reported numerous trees downed by thunderstorm wind across the southern third of the county.
Law enforcement personnel reported heavy rain from thunderstorms caused many roads across the county to be flooded.
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: 316188, 316192, 316197, 316200, 316201, 316204, 316205, 316206, 316207, 316208, 316214, 316219, 316228.