A front tracked through east Tennessee during the afternoon hours on the 18th. Many of the thunderstorm downed some trees.
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A front tracked through east Tennessee during the afternoon hours on the 18th. Many of the thunderstorm downed some trees. Small hail also occurred.
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 18, 2:04 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 304 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT AND THURSDAY)...DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS FORMED AS EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS...AND A COUPLE OF STORMS BRIEFLY INTENSIFIED NEAR OAK RIDGE TN AND ALSO OVER CHEROKEE COUNTY NC WITH SMALL HAIL AT MARBLE NC AROUND 215 PM. THE STORMS ARE WEAKENING AND SMOKY MTN STORMS WILL BE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AWAY FROM OUR AREA. HOWEVER...CUMBERLAND PLATEAU STORMS HAD DRIFTED EAST PUSHING AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY TOWARD THE SMOKY MTN CONVECTION. GIVEN THE FEW MORE HOURS OF HEAT AND THESE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES...I OPTED TO CARRY SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR THE EVENING HOURS OVER ALL BUT THE SRN VALLEY COUNTIES OF E TN. OTHERWISE...NO CHANGES MADE OVERALL FOR TONIGHT WITH PATCHY FOG LATE. COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS TOMORROW SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY GREATER OVER SW VA AND EXTREME NRN PARTS OF EAST TN...AS THE OHIO RIVER VALLY FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGS SOUTH A BIT CLOSER. MOS MINS CLOSELY FOLLOWED FOR TONIGHT. I DID NUDGE THURSDAY MAX TEMPS DOWN A COUPLE OF DEGREES OR SO...ESPECIALLY OVER SW VA AND NE TN WHERE MORE CONVECTIVE CLOUDINESS IS LIKELY. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...SUMMER REGIME SEEMS TO BE IN PLACE. THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN U.S. WILL TRANSITION FARTHER WEST AS SHORTWAVE TROUGHS MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION/OHIO VALLEY. LOOK FOR DIURNAL CONVECTION TO SLOWLY DISSIPATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH A FEW LINGERING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS PERHAPS ACROSS SW VA. TOUGH TO FORECAST THE MOVEMENT/LOCATION OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE WEEKEND WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCES OCCURRING ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON PARTICULARLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SW VA AND NE TN. CONFIDENCE IS LOW ON THE EXACT LOCATION SINCE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS NOT WELL HANDLED BY THE MODELS. SCATTERED AFTERNOON CONVECTION LOOKS LIKE A GOOD BET THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS THE UPPER RIDGE FLATTENS OUT BY THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. LOOK FOR SOME BRIEF RELIEF OVER THE WEEKEND IF STORMS MATERIALIZE SINCE THICKER CLOUD COVER SHOULD INHIBIT TOO MUCH WARMING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 70 93 68 93 / 10 20 10 20 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 68 91 69 91 / 20 20 20 30 OAK RIDGE, TN 68 92 68 92 / 20 20 20 30 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 63 89 62 88 / 20 20 30 50 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && TG/AC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 330 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-191930- 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- 330 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY ALONG THE TENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA STATE LINE. A STRAY STRONG STORM OR TWO COULD ALSO BRIEFLY INTENSIFY OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. THE MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PEA TO DIME SIZED HAIL COULD ALSO OCCUR WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THROUGH MONDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EACH DAY...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. STORMS WILL BE DISORGANIZED...BUT ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. MAIN CONCERN WILL BE ISOLATED DAMAGING DOWNBURSTS WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THE STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS...SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. TG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
228 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014
NCZ060-061-181915-
CLAY-CHEROKEE-
228 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014
...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CLAY AND EASTERN
CHEROKEE COUNTIES...
AT 226 PM EDT...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEAR MURPHY. THE
STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ANDREWS...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...TOPTON...SHOOTING CREEK...
BRASSTOWN...MARBLE AND TUSQUITEE.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3500 8401 3500 8413 3528 8404 3527 8401
3524 8401 3522 8397 3525 8385 3524 8375
3526 8371 3525 8370 3515 8374 3515 8365
3500 8352 3499 8400
TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 358DEG 2KT 3513 8397
TGThe Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:09 UTC.
9 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement personnel reported few trees downed by thunderstorm wind 2 miles north-northwest of Soddy Daisy near Mobray Pike.
Law enforcement personnel reported 1 tree downed by thunderstorm wind 3 miles southwest of Dayton on old Graysville Road.
Law enforcement personnel reported 1 tree downed by thunderstorm wind in Dayton on Lake View Circle.
Law enforcement personnel reported few trees downed by thunderstorm wind in Dayton.
Highway department personnel reported 1 tree downed by thunderstorm wind 7 miles east of Benton along highway TN -30.
Law enforcement personnel reported 1 tree downed by thunderstorm wind near Cagel Mountain on Highway 111 near Dunlap.
Law enforcement personnel reported 1 tree downed by thunderstorm wind Riceville.
Law enforcement personnel reported 1 tree downed by thunderstorm wind in Athens.
Law enforcement personnel reported 1 tree downed by thunderstorm wind 1 mile west of Englewood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, June 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: 517703, 517708, 517710, 517711, 517713, 517707, 517714, 517715, 517717.