A thunderstorm complex tracked through east Tennessee during the early morning hours on the 27th. Some of the storms produced damaging thunderstorm wind downing many trees over the area.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A thunderstorm complex tracked through east Tennessee during the early morning hours on the 27th. Some of the storms produced damaging thunderstorm wind downing many trees over the area.
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 26, 8:30 PM EST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 930 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013 .DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OVER NW KY IS RAPDILY DEVELOPING TO THE WEST OF THE INITIAL ACTIVITY FROM THIS AFTERNOON. LOW LEVEL JET AND STRONG ISENTROPIC LIFT SHOULD KEEP THIS COMPLEX GOING OVERNIGHT. AIRMASS STILL UNSTABLE WITH SURFACE BASED CAPES OF AROUND 1000 TO 2000 J/KG...NOTING 27/00Z OHX SOUNDING WITH POSITIVE CAPE OF 2100 J/KG AND RNK EVEN MORE UNSTABLE AT JUST OVER 3000 J/KG. BULK SHEAR HAS INCREASED TO NEAR 30 KTS OVER THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU PER 01Z ANALYSIS. THE EARLIER UPDATE OF FORECAST GRIDS AND PRODUCTS LOOKS GOOD FOR NOW. PLAN TO MONITOR POTENTIAL COVERAGE OF STORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT AND MAY UPDATE AGAIN IF POPS NEED TO BE PUSHED UP TO CATEGORICAL. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 73 89 70 92 67 / 70 50 30 40 20 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 72 88 69 89 67 / 70 50 30 60 30 OAK RIDGE, TN 71 87 69 90 66 / 70 50 20 60 30 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 67 85 65 85 62 / 70 50 50 60 40 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && TG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 257 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-271900- 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- 257 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013 /157 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS THE REGION. A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENTUALLY BUILD INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS. LARGE HAIL AND EVEN AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY REACH IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WITH SOME OF THE STORMS WHICH MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... STORMS FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT MAY LINGER INTO THURSDAY MORNING. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL DROP SOUTHWARD TO THE AREA ON FRIDAY...BRINGING A COLD FRONT AND ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY HAVE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. THE TROUGH WILL PERSIST OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. WHILE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS LOW AT THIS TIME THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1101 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013 TNZ014>016-037>039-270345- CLAIBORNE TN-GRAINGER TN-HAMBLEN TN-HANCOCK TN-HAWKINS TN-UNION TN- 1101 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAWKINS...HANCOCK...EASTERN HAMBLEN...GRAINGER...CLAIBORNE AND UNION COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM EDT... AT 1100 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TAZEWELL...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUTLEDGE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SNEEDVILLE... TAZEWELL...BEAN STATION...LONE MOUNTAIN...THORN HILL...HOWARD QUARTER...EVANSTON...TREADWAY...MOORESBURG AND KLONDIKE. IN ADDITION TO SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT 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. DH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1112 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013 TNZ014>016-037>039-270400- CLAIBORNE TN-GRAINGER TN-HAMBLEN TN-HANCOCK TN-HAWKINS TN-UNION TN- 1112 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN HAWKINS...HANCOCK... HAMBLEN...GRAINGER...CLAIBORNE AND UNION COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT... AT 1112 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF MAYNARDVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...RUTLEDGE...BEAN STATION...SPRINGDALE...SANDLICK...LONE MOUNTAIN...THORN HILL...HOWARD QUARTER...TREADWAY...MOORESBURG AND EVANSTON. IN ADDITION TO SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT 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. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR...MAY OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND! DON'T DROWN! DH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1141 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013 TNZ014>016-038-039-270430- CLAIBORNE TN-GRAINGER TN-HAMBLEN TN-HANCOCK TN-HAWKINS TN- 1141 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAWKINS...HANCOCK...HAMBLEN... GRAINGER AND CLAIBORNE COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM EDT... AT 1142 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF RUTLEDGE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES OR PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BEAN STATION...THORN HILL...MOORESBURG...TREADWAY...KLONDIKE AND ST. CLAIR. IN ADDITION TO SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT 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. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR...MAY OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND! DON'T DROWN! DH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1236 AM EDT THU JUN 27 2013 TNZ016-017-042-044-270515- HAWKINS TN-NORTHWEST GREENE TN-SULLIVAN TN-WASHINGTON TN- 1236 AM EDT THU JUN 27 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GREENE...HAWKINS...WASHINGTON AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES UNTIL 115 AM EDT... AT 1234 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROGERSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...KINGSPORT... SURGOINSVILLE...COLONIAL HEIGHTS...GRAY...KEPLER...BAILEYTON... JEAROLDSTOWN...CHURCH HILL...FALL BRANCH...SULLIVAN GARDENS AND TRI-CITY AIRPORT. 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. DGS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1255 AM EDT THU JUN 27 2013 TNZ042-270545- NORTHWEST GREENE TN- 1255 AM EDT THU JUN 27 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GREENE COUNTY UNTIL 145 AM EDT... AT 1252 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF RUSSELLVILLE...OR 12 MILES EAST OF MORRISTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MOSHEIM...ROMEO... BAILEYTON AND CHUCKY. 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. DGS
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:01 UTC.
8 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Highway department personnel reported 3 trees downed by thunderstorm wind in Sharps Chapel.
Dispatch personnel reported 1 tree downed by thunderstorm wind 1 mile northwest of Lake City on Beech Grove Road.
Dispatch personnel reported 1 tree downed by thunderstorm wind 8 miles northeast Tazewell near Cedar Grove Road.
Emergency manager personnel reported several trees downed by thunderstorm wind across the county.
Dispatch personnel reported several trees downed by thunderstorm wind in and around Knoxville.
A NWS employee reported 1 tree downed by thunderstorm wind 4 miles northeast of Jefferson City on Tarr Road just across the county-line.
A NWS employee reported 1 tree downed by thunderstorm wind along old AJ highway in Jefferson City.
Dispatch personnel reported 1 tree downed by thunderstorm wind on Jenkins Road in Morristown.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, June 2013
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: 453136, 453137, 453140, 453144, 453147, 453156, 453159, 453161.