A frontal boundary lingered across east Tennessee on the 23th. Thunderstorms formed during the afternoon hours.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A frontal boundary lingered across east Tennessee on the 23th. Thunderstorms formed during the afternoon hours. A few of the storms produced a damaging thunderstorm with downing 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 23, 1:45 PM EST, 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 245 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND TUESDAY)...WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL WEAKEN AND FADE THIS EVENING BUT MORE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE ON THE WAY FOR TUESDAY AS A LONG WAVE TROUGH CONTINUES ITS SLOW PROGRESSION INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. A COUPLE OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH FEATURES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION DURING THE PERIOD AND WITH INCREASING MOISTURE AND MODERATE INSTABILITY...COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ON TUESDAY SO TWEAKED POPS UP THROUGH THE LIKELY RANGE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE REDUCED BY A FEW DEGREES DUE TO THE MORE ACTIVE CONVECTIVE DAY. THUS STAYED CLOSER TO THE COOLER MET MOS MAX TEMPS. .LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)...WEAKENING SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS ON WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL WEDNESDAY. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND...WEAK SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL RESIDE NEAR COASTAL NC. LAYER MOISTURE REMAINS SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL WHICH SHOULD AID IN DIURNAL CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT EACH DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT OR A BIT ABOVE NORMAL. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 71 83 69 86 / 40 80 50 50 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 69 83 68 86 / 30 70 50 50 OAK RIDGE, TN 69 83 68 86 / 30 70 50 60 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 65 84 66 85 / 10 70 60 60 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 336 AM EDT MON JUN 23 2014 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-241100- 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- 336 AM EDT MON JUN 23 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...BRINGING THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION ON TUESDAY...AND BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY AROUND THE REGION FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL HELP TO TRIGGER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THE EXPECTED SEVERE ACTIVITY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
135 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014
NCZ060-TNZ085>087-100>102-231815-
CHEROKEE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-EAST POLK-WEST POLK-BRADLEY-NORTHWEST
MONROE-MCMINN-
135 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014
...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT
CHEROKEE...SOUTHEAST MONROE... EAST POLK...WEST
POLK...BRADLEY...NORTHWEST MONROE...MCMINN...
AT 134 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR ETOWAH...OR 11 MILES
NORTHEAST OF BENTON...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MADISONVILLE...BENTON...ETOWAH...ENGLEWOOD...TELLICO PLAINS...MOUNT
VERNON...DENTVILLE...PARKSVILLE...HIWASSEE OCOEE S.P....TURTLETOWN...
BULLET CREEK...RELIANCE...BIG FROG MOUNTAIN...ARCHVILLE AND COKER
CREEK.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3522 8478 3552 8436 3524 8420 3499 8452
3499 8464
TIME...MOT...LOC 1734Z 153DEG 18KT 3526 8448The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:47 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Highway department personnel reported a couple of trees downed by thunderstorm wind across the county 6 miles west of Greenback.
Law enforcement personnel reported 1 tree downed by thunderstorm wind 3 miles west of Vonore.
Utility company personnel reported a couple of trees downed by thunderstorm wind in Pigeon Forge.
Law enforcement personnel reported several trees downed by thunderstorm wind in and around Sevierville.
Law enforcement personnel reported 1 tree downed by thunderstorm wind in Knoxville near John Sevier Highway.
Law enforcement personnel reported 1 tree downed by thunderstorm wind in Knoxville near Beaver Creek and Clinton Highway.
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: 520588, 520604, 520615, 520626, 520630, 520635.