A cold front tracked across extreme southwest North Carolina on the 28th. Numerous thunderstorms tracked through the region.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A cold front tracked across extreme southwest North Carolina on the 28th. Numerous thunderstorms tracked through the region. A few produced a damaging thunderstorm wind and downed some 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 Apr 28, 9:00 PM EST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1000 PM EDT MON APR 28 2014
.DISCUSSION...
NOCTURNAL LOW LEVEL JET HAS NOW ACCELERATED. HODOGRAPHS STILL
LOOKING STRONG. NEXT SEVERAL HOURS OFFER TORNADO THREAT IN SE
TENNESSEE. BASIC FORECAST ELEMENTS ARE ON TRACK. UPDATED SURFACE
DEW POINT IN GRIDS AND REISSUED PRODUCTS WITH RH. ZONE FORECAST
STILL ON TRACK.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 63 82 61 76 / 100 70 80 60
KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 64 79 62 75 / 100 60 90 80
OAK RIDGE, TN 63 82 60 75 / 100 60 90 70
TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 59 76 58 76 / 100 80 90 90
&&
.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR CHEROKEE-CLAY.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR CHEROKEE-CLAY.
TN...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR ANDERSON-BLEDSOE-
BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-BRADLEY-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-COCKE
SMOKY MOUNTAINS-EAST POLK-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-HAMILTON-
JEFFERSON-KNOX-LOUDON-MARION-MCMINN-MEIGS-MORGAN-NW BLOUNT-
NORTH SEVIER-NORTHWEST COCKE-NORTHWEST MONROE-RHEA-ROANE-
SCOTT TN-SEQUATCHIE-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST MONROE-
UNION-WEST POLK.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-EAST POLK-JOHNSON-SEVIER SMOKY
MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST CARTER-SOUTHEAST GREENE-SOUTHEAST
MONROE-UNICOI.
VA...NONE.
&&
GMHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 345 PM EDT MON APR 28 2014 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-291945- 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- 345 PM EDT MON APR 28 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREATS. HOWEVER...ISOLATED TORNADOES COULD ALSO OCCUR ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE. IN ADDITION...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THE EAST TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE MOUNTAINS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... A SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE WILL BE A POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON OR TUESDAY NIGHT. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY...AND COULD EXTEND THE THREAT OF FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING. THERE IS A GOOD DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY HOW THIS SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP...SO PLEASE STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY FOR REPORTS OF FLOODING OR DAMAGE FROM THE SEVERE STORMS.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
536 PM EDT MON APR 28 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0335 PM TSTM WND DMG JONESVILLE 36.69N 83.12W
04/28/2014 LEE VA BROADCAST MEDIA
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
0335 PM TSTM WND DMG PENNINGTON GAP 36.76N 83.03W
04/28/2014 LEE VA BROADCAST MEDIA
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
&&SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 605 PM EDT MON APR 28 2014 NCZ060-061-TNZ012-013-035-036-067>069-071>074-081>087-098>102- 290500- CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-MORGAN-ANDERSON-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...ONEIDA... LA FOLLETTE...WARTBURG...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...KINGSTON... LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE...MARYVILLE...CADES COVE...SEVIERVILLE... GATLINBURG...DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS... MADISONVILLE...COKER CREEK...JASPER...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND... BENTON...DUCKTOWN 605 PM EDT MON APR 28 2014 ...ENHANCED TORNADO POTENTIAL ACROSS THE PLATEAU...ESPECIALLY SOUTHERN PLATEAU...AND SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE BETWEEN 7 AND 10 PM ET (6 AND 9 PM CT)... AN AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME TORNADIC...WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH FROM NORTHERN ALABAMA INTO THE PLATEAU COUNTIES AND SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE BETWEEN 7 AND 10 PM ET (6 AND 9 PM CT). THE LATEST MODEL DATA SUGGEST INCREASING SHEAR AND UPPER LEVEL FORCING OVER THIS AREA THIS EVENING WHICH WILL ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL OF STRONG TORNADOES. BESIDES THE INCREASED POTENTIAL OF TORNADOES...HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. BE ALERT TO POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...STREET FLOODING AND STREAM FLOODING. RESIDENTS NEED TO KEEP ALERT TO THE LATEST WARNINGS BY LISTENING TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND/OR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLETS.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
955 PM EDT MON APR 28 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0945 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 S DUNLAP 35.33N 85.39W
04/28/2014 SEQUATCHIE TN 911 CALL CENTER
ONE LARGE TREE DOWN ACROSS EAST VALLEY ROAD.
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1032 PM EDT MON APR 28 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1010 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 S SODDY-DAISY 35.25N 85.17W
04/28/2014 HAMILTON TN 911 CALL CENTER
ONE TREE FELL INTO A HOUSE ON DAISY DALLAS ROAD.
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1055 PM EDT MON APR 28 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1010 PM TSTM WND DMG W PIKEVILLE 35.61N 85.20W
04/28/2014 BLEDSOE TN EMERGENCY MNGR
A FEW LARGE TREES DOWN IN THE GRIFFITH COMMUNITY WEST OF
PIKEVILLE.
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1057 PM EDT MON APR 28 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1010 PM HAIL W PIKEVILLE 35.61N 85.20W
04/28/2014 E0.50 INCH BLEDSOE TN EMERGENCY MNGR
1/2 INCH HAIL IN THE COMMUNITY OF GRIFFITH WEST OF
PIKEVILLE.
&&The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 130 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:59 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement personnel reported 2 trees downed by thunderstorm wind in the Hayesville area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, April 2014
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: 506708.