Isolated thunderstorms developed along a boundary during the evening hours. A few of the storms produced damaging thunderstorm wind.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
Isolated thunderstorms developed along a boundary during the evening hours. A few of the storms produced damaging thunderstorm wind.
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 27, 1:35 PM EST, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 235 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT AND TUESDAY)...MODELS GENERALLY AGREE IN THEIR DEPICTION OF A UPPER-LEVEL SHORT WAVE AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION ON TUESDAY. THERE ARE STILL SOME DISAGREEMENTS ON TIMING HOWEVER...WITH THE NAM SOMEWHAT FASTER THAN THE GFS. HAVE TENDED TO FAVOR THE NAM TIMING WHICH DEPICTS THE BEST POPS GENERALLY IN THE MORNING WITH THE PRECIP EXITING OUR CWA BY AFTERNOON. ALSO TENDED TO FAVOR COOLER MET GUIDANCE TEMPS FOR TOMORROW. .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... A COLD FRONT WILL BE PUSHING INTO OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES TUESDAY EVENING...AND SHOULD BE NEAR OUR SOUTHERN BORDER BY 12Z WED. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING SHOULD TAPER OFF AS THE FRONT MOVES SOUTHWARD. WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE A DRY AND COMFORTABLE DAY AS LOWER DEWPOINTS IN THE 50S FILTER INTO THE AREA. ALOFT...A STRONG RIDGE OVER THE PLAINS WILL BUILD EAST...AND KEEP THE REGION DRY THROUGH SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL TREND WARMER EACH DAY AS THE RIDGE ALOFT STRENGTHENS. ON SUNDAY THE UPPER RIDGE RETROGRADES SLIGHTLY...ALLOWING REMNANTS OF UPSTREAM CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS TO APPROACH OUR AREA IN THE NW FLOW. A PATTERN OF A PLAINS RIDGE AND AN EAST COAST TROUGH CONTINUES THROUGH MONDAY. THE FINER DETAILS OF MCS DEVELOPMENT ARE SKETCHY AT THIS POINT...SO WILL CARRY A SLIGHT CHANCE POP FOR SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 72 89 70 91 64 / 20 50 30 10 0 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 72 85 68 88 62 / 30 50 30 10 0 OAK RIDGE, TN 72 86 67 88 62 / 40 50 30 10 0 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 67 85 62 85 56 / 40 60 20 0 0 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && LCM/DGS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 509 AM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-280915- 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- 509 AM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 /409 AM CDT MON JUN 27 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WARM FRONT OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION WILL HELP TO TRIGGER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH A FEW STORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING STRONG TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ON TUESDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY...TRIGGERING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...BRINGING THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND THEN AGAIN ON TUESDAY.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
520 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0510 PM TSTM WND DMG HARRIMAN 35.93N 84.56W
06/27/2011 ROANE TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
FEW TREES DOWN.
&&SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 522 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 TNZ035-036-067>069-071-072-085>087-272215- ANDERSON TN-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN-KNOX TN-LOUDON TN-MCMINN TN-MORGAN TN-NORTHWEST MONROE TN-NW BLOUNT TN-ROANE TN-SOUTHEAST MONROE TN- 522 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOUNT...MONROE...MORGAN... MCMINN...KNOX...ANDERSON...LOUDON AND ROANE COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM EDT... AT 518 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OLIVER SPRINGS TO NEAR MADISONVILLE...WHICH WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION TO SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 530 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 TNZ014>016-037>039-272230- CLAIBORNE TN-GRAINGER TN-HAMBLEN TN-HANCOCK TN-HAWKINS TN-UNION TN- 530 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAWKINS...HANCOCK...HAMBLEN... GRAINGER...CLAIBORNE AND UNION COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT... AT 526 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MIDDLESBORO TO NEAR CLINTON...WHICH WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION TO SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 622 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 TNZ015-016-VAZ001-002-005-272315- HANCOCK TN-HAWKINS TN-LEE VA-SCOTT VA-WISE VA- 622 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LEE...CITY OF NORTON...WISE... SCOTT...HAWKINS AND HANCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM... AT 617 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR WHITESBURG KENTUCKY TO NEAR SNEEDVILLE...WHICH WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION TO SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
651 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0555 PM TSTM WND DMG 7 NW SANDLICK 36.47N 83.77W
06/27/2011 CLAIBORNE TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.
&&SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 713 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 VAZ006-008-280015- RUSSELL VA-WASHINGTON VA- 713 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WASHINGTON AND RUSSELL COUNTIES INCLUDING THE CITY OF BRISTOL UNTIL 815 PM... AT 708 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR ST PAUL TO NEAR NICKELSVILLE...WHICH WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION TO SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...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 Knoxville radar (KMRX), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:20 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement personnel reported several trees and powerlines downed by thunderstorm wind 4 miles northeast of Clinchport in the Rye Cove area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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