A front tracked through southwest Virginia producing thunderstorms during the afternoon hours. Several of the storms produced a damaging thunderstorm wind downing many trees over the area.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A front tracked through southwest Virginia producing thunderstorms during the afternoon hours. Several of the storms produced a damaging thunderstorm wind downing many trees over the area. Hail as large as quarters 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 13, 8:42 AM EST, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 942 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013 .DISCUSSION... WARM AND MUGGY CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING. THERE ARE MORE CLOUDS ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING WHICH MAY INHIBIT WARMING AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING INTO NORTHERN PARTS OF KENTUCKY. SHORT RANGE NUMERICAL MODEL OUTPUT HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN KEEPING DAYTIME TEMPS AT KTYS AND KTRI IN THE MID TO LOWER 80S RESPECTIVELY. OTHERWISE...TOUCHED UP ZONE FORECAST TO MENTION THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME STORMS BEING SEVERE LATER THIS MORNING/AFTERNOON. SPEAKING OF STORMS...THEY SHOULD BEGIN TO MOVE ACROSS THE PLATEAU AND SOUTHWEST VA BY 18Z. STORMS WILL BE AWAITING THE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT BEFORE REALLY INITIATING AND BECOMING STRONGER. THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER LESSENS RAPIDLY AROUND 00Z WHEN THE SHORTWAVE AND TROUGH AXIS SHIFT EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 89 66 86 61 89 / 60 10 10 0 0 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 86 61 83 59 88 / 70 10 10 0 0 OAK RIDGE, TN 87 61 84 59 89 / 60 10 10 0 0 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 83 57 81 52 86 / 80 20 10 0 0 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && AC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 530 AM EDT THU JUN 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- 530 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013 /430 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1201 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013 TNZ013-014-037-VAZ001-131645- CAMPBELL TN-CLAIBORNE TN-LEE VA-UNION TN- 1201 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LEE...CLAIBORNE...CAMPBELL AND UNION COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM EDT... AT NOON EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST OF MIDDLESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HARROGATE-SHAWANEE... TAZEWELL...CUMBERLAND GAP...ARTHUR...SPRINGDALE...SANDLICK...LONE MOUNTAIN...EWING AND HOWARD QUARTER. AMP.23
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1215 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013 VAZ001-002-005-131700- LEE VA-SCOTT VA-WISE VA- 1215 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LEE...CITY OF NORTON...WISE AND SCOTT COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM EDT... AT 1214 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCROBERTS TO EVARTS...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...WISE...NORTON... PENNINGTON GAP...BIG STONE GAP...POUND...ST. CHARLES...PARDEE... DRYDEN...APPALACHIA...JASPER AND COEBURN. 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 1244 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013 TNZ014>016-131730- CLAIBORNE TN-HANCOCK TN-HAWKINS TN- 1244 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAWKINS...HANCOCK AND CLAIBORNE COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM EDT... AT 1244 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF TAZEWELL...OR 14 MILES WEST OF SNEEDVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL 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...SNEEDVILLE... ROGERSVILLE...SURGOINSVILLE...EVANSTON...TREADWAY...MOORESBURG... KLONDIKE...ST. CLAIR...KYLES FORD...MCCLOUD...KEPLER AND OKOLONA. AMP.23
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:54 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported a few trees downed by thunderstorm wind in Wise.
Law enforcement personnel reported several trees downed by thunderstorm wind in Honaker.
Law enforcement personnel reported a few trees downed by thunderstorm wind 2 miles east Lebanon.
Amateur radio personnel reported thunderstorms produced quarter-size hail in Jonesville.
Dispatch personnel reported several trees downed by thunderstorm wind in the Gate City area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, 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: 452829, 452830, 452834, 452841, 452845.