A slow moving boundary over the area triggered thunderstorms during the afternoon hours. A few of the storms produced a damaging thunderstorm wind downing mainly trees as well as flooding over east Tennessee.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A slow moving boundary over the area triggered thunderstorms during the afternoon hours. A few of the storms produced a damaging thunderstorm wind downing mainly trees as well as flooding over east Tennessee. Quarter-size hail was also reported.
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 5, 12:13 PM EST, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 113 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2013 .AVIATION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOST LIKELY TO IMPACT CHA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...WITH IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT TIMES. TS PROBABILITY IS LOWER AT TYS AND TRI THROUGH THE EVENING. LATER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW...FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS LOW AS WE WILL BE IN A MOIST AIR MASS WITH VERY LITTLE ORGANIZED LIFT. THIS MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE TIMING OF ANY SHOWERS AND/OR LOWERED CEILINGS. WITH A SE FLOW OF MOISTURE COMING INTO THE SOUTHERN TN VALLEY...WILL BRING MVFR CEILINGS INTO CHA BEFORE SUNRISE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE AS WELL...BUT CONFIDENCE IS TOO LOW TO MENTION AT THIS TIME. && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && DGS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 355 AM EDT WED JUN 5 2013 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-060800- 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- 355 AM EDT WED JUN 5 2013 /255 AM CDT WED JUN 5 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... THERE MAY BE SOME BRIEF ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION LATER THIS WEEK...AS TROPICAL MOISTURE MOVES NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. AS A RESULT...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL LEADING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THIS AFTERNOON...THERE MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD FOR LOCAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 213 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2013 TNZ081-098-099-051900- HAMILTON TN-MARION TN-SEQUATCHIE TN- 113 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MARION...HAMILTON AND SEQUATCHIE COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT/300 PM EDT/... AT 107 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR JASPER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WHITWELL...SIGNAL MOUNTAIN...MARTIN SPRINGS...POWELLS CROSSROADS...LONE OAK AND RED BANK. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. DGS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 230 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2013 TNZ098-099-051915- HAMILTON TN-MARION TN- 230 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MARION AND HAMILTON COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT/215 PM CDT/... AT 226 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHATTANOOGA VALLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CHATTANOOGA...LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN...SIGNAL MOUNTAIN...HARRISON...RED BANK...EAST BRAINERD... MIDDLE VALLEY...OOLTEWAH AND COLLEGEDALE. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. DGS
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:43 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Dispatch personnel reported a few trees downed by thunderstorm wind 4 miles southeast of Sweetwater across the north end of the county.
Dispatch personnel reported a few trees downed by thunderstorm wind in the Chattanooga area.
Up to 8 Roads were closed between Sweetwater and Madisonville.
Water entered the basement of the county courthouse and two homes. One car was stranded.
The public reported thunderstorms produced quarter-size hail 4 miles northeast of Jefferson City in Talbott.
Dispatch personnel reported a tree downed by thunderstorm wind near Pigeon Forge on Upper Middle Creek Road.
Dispatch personnel reported a few trees downed by thunderstorm wind in Pigeon Forge.
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: 452754, 452755, 457078, 457079, 452760, 452771, 452777.