A trough tracked across east Tennessee on the 2nd. A few thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A trough tracked across east Tennessee on the 2nd. A few thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours. The strongest storm downed a few 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 Aug 2, 12:08 PM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 108 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014 .AVIATION... THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...CHA IS THE SITE MOST LIKELY TO SEE A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM. CHANCES APPEAR HIGH ENOUGH TO WARANT A TEMPO THERE FOR MVFR VIS/CIGS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR IN THE VICINITY OF CHA AS WELL. CHANCES APPEAR TOO LOW TO MENTION AT TRI AND TYS...BUT CANNOT BE RULED OUT ENTIRELY. FOG DEVELOPMENT WILL DEPEND ON IF THE TAF SITES SEE RAIN THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. WILL HAVE JUST MVFR FOG AT TRI FOR NOW...BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW AS THERE IS SOME MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWING DENSE FOG. && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && DGS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 426 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-030830- 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- 426 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS ON THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU MIGHT APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...WITH STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS AND SOME HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS WILL PROBABLY NOT BE ASKED TO ACTIVATE...BUT ARE ASKED TO RELAY ANY SIGNIFICANT WIND OR HAIL REPORTS TO THE NWS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement personnel reported a few trees downed by thunderstorm wind at Signal Mountain.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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