A boundary triggered thunderstorms over east Tennessee on the 4th. A few of the storms downed some trees.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A boundary triggered thunderstorms over east Tennessee on the 4th. A few of the storms downed some trees. A barn was also damaged by the wind.
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 4, 6:30 PM EST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 730 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2014 .AVIATION...SCATTERED CONVECTION AROUND THE AREA AT THE MOMENT...WITH A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX EXPECTED TO MOVE IN OVERNIGHT. WILL CARRY MOSTLY VCTS IN THE TAFS FOR THE MORE SCATTERED ACTIVITY...WITH PREDOMINATE THUNDER LATER AROUND EXPECTED TIME OF MORE CONCENTRATED STORMS. WILL ALSO INCLUDE BRIEF TEMPO OF STRONGER GUSTY WINDS. ADDITIONAL THUNDER MAY OCCUR DURING THURSDAY. && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1030 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2014 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-051000- 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- 1030 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... AN ORGANIZED COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD FROM THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON...AND INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... LARGE HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. IN ADDITION...AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER THURSDAY MORNING AND THEN DEVELOP AGAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS... HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. DMG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 712 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2014 TNZ014>016-038-039-042-050000- HANCOCK TN-HAWKINS TN-HAMBLEN TN-CLAIBORNE TN-GRAINGER TN- NORTHWEST GREENE TN- 712 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN HAWKINS...WESTERN HANCOCK...NORTHEASTERN GRAINGER...NORTHEASTERN HAMBLEN...NORTHWESTERN GREENE AND EAST CENTRAL CLAIBORNE COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT... AT 711 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SNEEDVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ROGERSVILLE...SNEEDVILLE...BEAN STATION...MOSHEIM...BULLS GAP... TREADWAY...ROMEO...ST. CLAIR...KLONDIKE...EVANSTON...MOORESBURG AND MOHAWK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 3645 8341 3659 8328 3629 8292 3618 8304 TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 305DEG 21KT 3647 8327 TD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
732 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2014
TNZ017-046-VAZ005-006-008-050015-
SULLIVAN TN-NORTHWEST CARTER TN-SCOTT VA-RUSSELL VA-WASHINGTON VA-
732 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON...
NORTHEASTERN CARTER...NORTHEASTERN SULLIVAN...SOUTHWESTERN
WASHINGTON...SOUTHWESTERN RUSSELL...SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTIES AND
THE CITY OF BRISTOL UNTIL 815 PM EDT...
AT 731 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES NORTHWEST OF WALNUT HILL...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRISTOL
TN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KINGSPORT...BRISTOL TN...BRISTOL VA...ABINGDON...WALNUT HILL...
NICKELSVILLE...BENHAMS...COLLINGWOOD...SOUTH HOLSTON DAM...HILANDER
PARK...HARR...BLOUNTVILLE AND BLOOMINGDALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3657 8191 3651 8198 3645 8197 3658 8249
3676 8243 3668 8186
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 285DEG 26KT 3665 8237
TDThe Knoxville radar (KMRX), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:03 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The broadcast media reported a barn damaged and a roof blown off by thunderstorm wind 7 miles south-southwest of Fall Branch.
Dispatch reported a few trees downed by thunderstorm wind in Leesburg.
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
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