Boundary across the area triggered scatter severe thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours on the 9th. Storm reports were for both large hail and damaging thunderstorm winds.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
Boundary across the area triggered scatter severe thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours on the 9th. Storm reports were for both large hail and damaging thunderstorm winds.
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 Apr 8, 8:36 PM EST, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 936 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2011 .DISCUSSION...HAVE CANCELLED WATCH #107 FOR ALL OF OUR TENNESSEE COUNTIES AS CONVECTION REMAINS GENERALLY NORTH OF OUR CWA. DID CONTINUE WATCH FOR OUR VIRGINIA COUNTIES HOWEVER DUE TO THEIR PROXIMITY TO ONGOING CONVECTION IN KENTUCKY AND WEST VIRGINIA. ALSO REMOVED POPS FROM MOST OF THE TENNESSEE COUNTIES IN OUR CWA. REMAINDER OF FORECAST APPEARS ON TRACK AND NO OTHER CHANGES WARRANTED AT THIS TIME. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 60 85 64 86 64 / 0 30 10 10 20 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 61 83 62 85 62 / 10 40 10 10 20 OAK RIDGE, TN 62 83 63 85 62 / 10 40 10 10 20 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 53 81 59 83 59 / 10 40 20 10 10 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && LCM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 344 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2011 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-090800- 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- 344 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2011 /244 AM CDT FRI APR 8 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD REACH STRONG TO SEVERE LEVELS...WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ISOLATED TORNADOES ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE EXPECTED SATURDAY WITH A FEW STORMS POSSIBLY REACHING STRONG TO SEVERE LEVELS...WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AGAIN DURING THE DAY MONDAY... AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AS WELL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION COULD BE NEEDED ON THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND SATURDAY...AND POSSIBLY AGAIN MONDAY. TD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1220 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2011 VAZ002-006-008-090500- RUSSELL VA-WASHINGTON VA-WISE VA- 1220 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WISE...WASHINGTON AND RUSSELL COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM EDT... AT 1218 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLEVELAND...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DAVENPORT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES OR PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LEBANON...ABINGDON... CLEVELAND...HONAKER...HANSONVILLE...ROSEDALE...HILANDER PARK... HOLSTON...LINDELL...EMORY-MEADOW VIEW AND GLADE SPRING. 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. DH
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:07 UTC.
5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement personnel reported early morning thunderstorms produced quarter-size hail in Lebanon.
Law enforcement personnel reported 1 tree downed by thunderstorms wind on Highway downed produced softball-size hail in Rogersville.
Law enforcement personnel reported thunderstorms produced quarter-size hail in Glade Spring.
Law enforcement personnel reported thunderstorms produced golfball to baseball-size hail in Glade Springs.
An EF-0 tornado with maximum winds at 80 mph, downed several trees and moderately damaged two old buildings in Norton, Virginia. The damage to the buildings consisted of a partial roof and wall collapsed along with a chimney collapsing.
Law enforcement personnel reported thunderstorms produced golfball-size hail in Rose Hill.
Law enforcement personnel reported thunderstorms produced quarter-size hail in Lebanon.
Law enforcement personnel reported a machine shed on Highway 11 was blown over by thunderstorm wind in Abingdon. The shed also damaged cars after it was dislodged.
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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: 291986, 291988, 291989, 291992, 303795, 291993, 291996, 292012.