A frontal boundary lingered for another day triggering thunderstorms during the afternoon hours across extreme southwest North Carolina. A few of the storms downed some trees.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A frontal boundary lingered for another day triggering thunderstorms during the afternoon hours across extreme southwest North Carolina. A few of the storms 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 Jun 19, 2:01 PM EST, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 301 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)...THE PERIOD WILL BE NOTED BY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN. HOWEVER...MODELS HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT OF AGREEMENT THAT A MORE ORGANIZED BATCH OF CONVECTION WILL BE COMING IN FRIDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING IN ASSOCIATION WITH A DISTURBANCE IN THE NORTHWESTERLY STEERING FLOW ALOFT. THUS LIKELY POPS ARE MAINTAINED FOR THE NORTHERN PLATEAU AND SW VA FOR FRI AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...THE RIDGE CONTINUES TO BECOME SUPPRESSED FARTHER SOUTH AND WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY COMPLIMENTS OF AN AMPLIFYING UPPER TROUGH OVER EASTERN CANADA AND THE NORTHEASTERN U.S. IN THIS PATTERN THE MODELS SUGGEST THE POSSIBILITY OF SCATTERED CONVECTION DUE TO SHORT WAVELENGTH ENHANCEMENT AND A SLOW COOL FRONTAL PUSH THROUGH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. BY MONDAY THE BOUNDARY SHOULD BE SOUTH OF THE VIEWING AREA. THEREFORE ADJUSTED POPS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DOWN TO SLIGHT CHANCE CATEGORY BASICALLY SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. MODEL FORECASTS HINT AT THE ARRIVAL OF ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH AROUND THE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY TIME FRAME SO TWEAKED PROBABILITIES UP A BIT HERE. STAYED A FEW DEGREES BELOW MAX TEMP GUIDANCE FOR THE SOUTHERN VALLEY THROUGH THE PERIOD WHILE TRENDING JUST UNDER SUGGESTED THERMAL VALUES ELSEWHERE. DIDN'T STRAY TOO FAR FROM GUIDANCE MINS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 71 92 70 90 / 20 30 30 50 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 69 90 68 87 / 20 40 50 50 OAK RIDGE, TN 69 90 67 87 / 20 40 50 40 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 65 86 64 84 / 30 40 60 50 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && GC/TH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 428 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2014 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-200830- 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- 428 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PEA TO DIME SIZED HAIL COULD ALSO OCCUR WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THROUGH TUESDAY. INCREASING COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. MAIN CONCERN WILL BE DAMAGING DOWNBURSTS WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THE STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS...SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
443 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0340 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 SE JOHNSON CITY 36.29N 82.32W
06/19/2014 CARTER TN 911 CALL CENTER
A FEW TREES DOWN IN THE OKOLONA AREA.
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
455 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0145 PM TSTM WND DMG ABINGDON 36.71N 81.97W
06/19/2014 WASHINGTON VA BROADCAST MEDIA
*** 1 FATAL *** A PEDESTRIAN WAS STRUCK BY A FALLING TREE
IN THE 100 BLOCK OF WEST MAIN STREET. THE VICTIM WAS A 56
YEAR OLD MALE. AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT...PEAK WIND GUSTS
WERE ONLY RECORDED AT 24 MPH VIA A CWOP SITE LOCATED 1
MILE SOUTH OF ABINGDON.
&&SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
503 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014
NCZ060-061-TNZ087-192200-
CLAY-CHEROKEE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-
503 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014
...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CLAY...CHEROKEE...
AND SOUTHEAST MONROE COUNTIES...
AT 502 PM EDT...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEAR ANDREWS...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ANDREWS...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...TOPTON...CITICO...SHOOTING CREEK...
BRASSTOWN...MARBLE...HIAWASSE DAM...HOT HOUSE...UNAKA...COKER
CREEK...VIOLET AND TUSQUITEE.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3499 8432 3521 8430 3521 8435 3524 8437
3555 8400 3551 8401 3548 8394 3541 8402
3531 8403 3524 8401 3522 8395 3525 8385
3524 8375 3526 8371 3523 8369 3520 8373
3515 8374 3515 8365 3500 8350
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 257DEG 7KT 3522 8388
TGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
504 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0420 PM TSTM WND DMG PARKSVILLE 35.10N 84.65W
06/19/2014 POLK TN 911 CALL CENTER
A FEW TREES DOWN NEAR THE RANGER STATION CLOSE TO
PARKSVILLE LAKE.
&&SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
512 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014
VAZ006-008-192215-
RUSSELL-WASHINGTON-
512 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN RUSSELL...AND EASTERN
WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
AT 511 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR SALTVILLE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ABINGDON...LEBANON...SALTVILLE...QUARRY...GLADE SPRING...DAMASCUS...
LINDELL...ROSEDALE...KONNAROCK AND EMORY-MEADOW VIEW.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3661 8163 3661 8192 3660 8193 3660 8197
3696 8208 3700 8180 3696 8178 3695 8182
3679 8170 3662 8161
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 322DEG 14KT 3684 8184
TGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
533 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0145 PM TSTM WND DMG ABINGDON 36.71N 81.97W
06/19/2014 WASHINGTON VA BROADCAST MEDIA
*** 1 FATAL *** A PEDESTRIAN WAS STRUCK BY A FALLING TREE
IN THE 100 BLOCK OF WEST MAIN STREET. THE VICTIM WAS A 56
YEAR OLD MALE. AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT...PEAK WIND GUSTS
WERE ONLY RECORDED AT 24 MPH VIA A CWOP SITE LOCATED 1
MILE SOUTH OF ABINGDON.
0315 PM TSTM WND DMG JOHNSON CITY 36.33N 82.37W
06/19/2014 WASHINGTON TN 911 CALL CENTER
SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN JOHSON CITY AND ELSEWHERE ACROSS
THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE COUNTY.
0340 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 SE JOHNSON CITY 36.29N 82.32W
06/19/2014 CARTER TN 911 CALL CENTER
A FEW TREES DOWN IN THE OKOLONA AREA.
0420 PM TSTM WND DMG PARKSVILLE 35.10N 84.65W
06/19/2014 POLK TN 911 CALL CENTER
A FEW TREES DOWN NEAR THE RANGER STATION CLOSE TO
PARKSVILLE LAKE.
&&The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:55 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Highway department personnel reported several trees downed by thunderstorm wind 7 miles east-northeast of Hayesville.
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