A frontal boundary lingered across southwest North Carolina during the afternoon hours producing scattered thunderstorms over the area. A few of the storms produced hail as large as golfball.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A frontal boundary lingered across southwest North Carolina during the afternoon hours producing scattered thunderstorms over the area. A few of the storms produced hail as large as golfball.
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 26, 1:45 PM EST, 4 hours 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 245 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)...CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A COLD FRONT OVER THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY...WITH A WARM AND HUMID AIR MASS LINGERING OVER THE FORECAST AREA. MSAS ANALYSIS REVEALS A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER MIDDLE TN AND CENTRAL KY AHEAD OF THIS COLD FRONT...WITH SCATTERED CONVECTION ALREADY OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL EAST TN. THIS COLD FRONT IS PROGGED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING...TRIGGERING ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION OVER THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. THIS COLD FRONT IS PROGGED TO MOVE COMPLETELY THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA BY FRIDAY MORNING...BUT SHOULD THEN BECOME QUASI-STATIONARY SOUTH OF THE TN BORDER AS THE UPPER-LEVEL FLOW BECOMES ZONAL. AN AMPLIFYING UPPER- LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE PLAINS WILL THEN CREATE A MORE SOUTHWESTERLY UPPER-LEVEL FLOW OVER THE TN RIVER VALLEY...WHICH WILL THEN PUSH THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WITH THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXPECTED TO BE LINGERING AROUND THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...WILL PLAN TO CONTINUE A MENTION OF SCATTERED CONVECTION THROUGH THE PERIOD. AS FOR TEMPS... GFS AND NAM GUIDANCE NUMBERS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...AND LOOK REASONABLE. .LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...WILL BE IN AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN FOR MUCH OF THE EXTENDED. EARLY IN THE PERIOD...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THE MAIN STORM TRACK WILL BE TO OUR NORTH WITH OCCASION CONVECTIVE BANDS EXPECTED TO SLIDE THROUGH THE MRX CWA. THE RIDGE BREAKS DOWN...ALLOWING A SERIES OF WEAK DISTURBANCES TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA FOR CONTINUED ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION THROUGH THE REST OF THE PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 61 80 61 84 61 / 60 30 20 30 20 KNOXVILLE AIRPORT, TN 57 78 58 82 58 / 60 30 20 30 30 OAK RIDGE, TN 57 78 58 82 58 / 60 30 30 30 30 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 51 76 55 80 53 / 60 20 30 30 30 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && DMG/MJB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1050 AM EDT THU APR 26 2012 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-271000- 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- 1050 AM EDT (950 AM CDT) THU APR 26 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...TRIGGERING ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...BRINGING THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. IN ADDITION...AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... A LINGERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH A FEW ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE EACH DAY THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DMG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
532 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012
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0512 PM HAIL MADISONVILLE 35.52N 84.36W
04/26/2012 E1.00 INCH MONROE TN PUBLIC
&&SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 546 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012 TNZ081>084-099-262230- BLEDSOE TN-HAMILTON TN-MEIGS TN-RHEA TN-SEQUATCHIE TN- 546 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MEIGS...HAMILTON...BLEDSOE... SEQUATCHIE AND SOUTHERN RHEA COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT/530 PM CDT/... AT 439 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF DUNLAP...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BRAYTON... GRAYSVILLE...SALE CREEK...SHADY GROVE...BIRCHWOOD AND BIG SPRING. MJB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 623 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012 NCZ060-061-262330- CHEROKEE NC-CLAY NC- 623 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CLAY AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT... AT 616 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MURPHY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HAYESVILLE... BRASSTOWN...TUSQUITEE AND SHOOTING CREEK. 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. MJB
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
625 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012
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0555 PM HAIL TELLICO PLAINS 35.37N 84.30W
04/26/2012 E1.00 INCH MONROE TN 911 CALL CENTER
&&SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 628 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012 TNZ084-099-100-262315- BRADLEY TN-HAMILTON TN-MEIGS TN- 628 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN MEIGS...HAMILTON AND BRADLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT... AT 621 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SODDY-DAISY...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DAYTON...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. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CLEVELAND... CHARLESTON...HOPEWELL...TASSO AND WATERVILLE. 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. MJB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 650 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012 TNZ012>017-037>039-042-044-VAZ001-002-005-006-008-262330- CAMPBELL TN-CLAIBORNE TN-GRAINGER TN-HAMBLEN TN-HANCOCK TN-HAWKINS TN-LEE VA-NORTHWEST GREENE TN-RUSSELL VA-SCOTT VA-SCOTT TN-SULLIVAN TN-UNION TN-WASHINGTON VA-WASHINGTON TN-WISE VA- 650 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GREENE...LEE...CITY OF NORTON... WISE...WESTERN WASHINGTON...SCOTT...RUSSELL...HAWKINS...HANCOCK... HAMBLEN...GRAINGER...CLAIBORNE...CAMPBELL...EXTREME NORTHERN WASHINGTON...UNION...SULLIVAN AND NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT... AT 649 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTON TO JONESVILLE TO HARROGATE-SHAWANEE TO 12 MILES SOUTH OF WILLIAMSBURG...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES OR PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...JONESVILLE... NORTON...WISE...SNEEDVILLE...GATE CITY...ROGERSVILLE...RUTLEDGE... MAYNARDVILLE...KINGSPORT...PENNINGTON GAP...HARROGATE-SHAWANEE...BIG STONE GAP...TAZEWELL...SURGOINSVILLE...WEBER CITY...BEAN STATION... EWING...APPALACHIA...DRYDEN AND CLAIRFIELD. THESE STORMS 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. TD
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 130 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:54 UTC.
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement personnel reported thunderstorms produced golfball-size hail in Hayesville.
An individual from the public reported thunderstorms produced quarter-size hail in Murphy.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, April 2012
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: 374989, 374990.