A weak frontal boundary triggered a few thunderstorms across southeast TN. One of the storms downed some trees.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A weak frontal boundary triggered a few thunderstorms across southeast TN. One 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 Dec 23, 1:19 PM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 119 PM EST TUE DEC 23 2014 .AVIATION... MESSY CONDITIONS AS THE PERIOD FROM ROUGHLY 23/22Z TO 24/12Z WILL EXPERIENCE THE BRUNT OF CURRENT WEATHER SYSTEM...AS RAIN WITH LOW CIGS AND REDUCED VSBYS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD IFR CONDITIONS. SOME TS IS POSSIBLE 24/03-24/10 FOR TYS AND CHA. AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES...WINDS AT 2000 FT AGL MIGHT APPROACH LLWS CRITERIA AFTER 24/06Z TONIGHT. SFC WINDS WILL INCREASE AT SITES AROUND 24/12Z THUS DIMINISHING ANY LLWS. && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && GC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 400 AM EST TUE DEC 23 2014 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-240900- 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- 400 AM EST TUE DEC 23 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHWEST TODAY AND TONIGHT...BRINGING RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. THE RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE PLATEAU...SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. WINDS WILL INCREASE AS WELL AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...WITH SOME STRONG GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY TONIGHT OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE EAST TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY. THERE MAY BE A FEW SNOW FLURRIES FLYING IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING WITH LITTLE CHANCE OF ANY ACCUMULATION. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ANY MINOR ACCUMULATION...AROUND AN INCH...WOULD BE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN...MAINLY ABOVE 3000 FEET .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
300 PM EST TUE DEC 23 2014
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0238 PM HAIL 3 S DUCKTOWN 34.99N 84.39W
12/23/2014 E0.25 INCH POLK TN PUBLIC
PEA SIZED HAIL REPORTED NEAR THE GRASSY CREEK AREA OF
COPPERHILL.
&&The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 129 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:00 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Three to four trees were downed by thunderstorm wind across the region. Reported by the highway department.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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