Due to a saturated ground from the rain that fell a few days prior, a strong wind downed a dozen trees.
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Due to a saturated ground from the rain that fell a few days prior, a strong wind downed a dozen trees.
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 Aug 13, 9:00 AM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1000 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013 .DISCUSSION...CURRENT FORECAST IN GOOD SHAPE WITH A COOL FRONT BUILDING SOUTHEAST AT A STEADY PACE ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY. THE BOUNDARY SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THE FORECAST AREA LATE TODAY WITH PROGRESSION INTO THE SOUTHERN REACHES OF THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. THEREFORE...LOOKS LIKE MORE SHOWERS AND EVEN A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH ADEQUATE INSTABILITY PROGGED ACROSS THE REGION. STILL A POSSIBILITY OF SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING IN THE AREA WITH THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS SOAKING RAINS. TEMPERATURE FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND LOW TO MID 80S ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 86 67 83 63 82 / 70 40 10 10 30 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 84 64 81 60 83 / 70 30 10 10 20 OAK RIDGE, TN 84 65 81 58 82 / 60 30 10 10 20 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 82 60 78 55 80 / 70 40 10 10 10 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 500 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-141000- 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- 500 AM EDT (400 AM CDT) TUE AUG 13 2013 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 THROUGH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION TODAY...TRIGGERING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED OVER MUCH OF THE REGION...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL COULD PRODUCE FLOODING OF SOME AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS IN THEIR AREA. DMG/DH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
As a result of the heavy rain that fell a few days prior, a dozen trees were downed by a strong wind along Blue Springs Road in Elizabethton. It was reported by EMA personnel.
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