A few severe thunderstorms developed in a weak to moderately unstable air mass over Northeastern Tennessee during the afternoon.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A few severe thunderstorms developed in a weak to moderately unstable air mass over Northeastern Tennessee during the afternoon.
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 May 27, 1:01 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 201 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014 .AVIATION...A WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AT TIMES...AT TRI THROUGH AROUND 00Z. ACTIVITY MORE ISOLATED AT TYS AND ESPECIALLY CHA. WILL INCLUDE VCTS ALL SITES FROM ABOUT 18-20Z TO EARLY EVENING. SOME FOG DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE IN THE PERIOD. BEST CHANCE OF FOG AT TRI DUE TO RAIN TODAY. INCLUDING MVFR VIS THERE FOR A FEW HOURS LATE TONIGHT. && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && TD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 145 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-281000- 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- 145 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 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 WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH A FEW STORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... A STAGNANT WEATHER PATTERN WILL LINGER OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION THIS WEEK...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING EACH DAY. A FEW STORMS EACH DAY COULD POSSIBLY BECOME STRONG...WITH GUSTY WINDS...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
216 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
TNZ014-015-VAZ001-271900-
HANCOCK TN-CLAIBORNE TN-LEE VA-
216 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN CLAIBORNE...
NORTHWESTERN HANCOCK AND SOUTHWESTERN LEE COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM
EDT...
AT 214 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
HARROGATE...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MIDDLESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND FREQUENT WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINS IS ALSO LIKELY WITH RAINFALL
AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SNEEDVILLE...NEW TAZEWELL...TAZEWELL...HARROGATE...EVANSTON...
SPRINGDALE...CUMBERLAND GAP...ROSE HILL...POWELL RIVER PRESERVE...
HOWARD QUARTER...ARTHUR AND EWING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3654 8312 3640 8369 3656 8378 3659 8372
3658 8369 3661 8366 3667 8352 3667 8342
3670 8334 3673 8322
TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 246DEG 25KT 3651 8365
DHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 242 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014 TNZ014>016-038-039-VAZ001-271930- HANCOCK TN-HAWKINS TN-HAMBLEN TN-CLAIBORNE TN-GRAINGER TN-LEE VA- 242 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN CLAIBORNE...HANCOCK... NORTHERN HAMBLEN...NORTHEASTERN GRAINGER...WEST CENTRAL HAWKINS AND SOUTHERN LEE COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EDT... AT 241 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TAZEWELL...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MIDDLESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. RAINFALL UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SNEEDVILLE...NEW TAZEWELL...BEAN STATION...TAZEWELL...TREADWAY... EVANSTON...POWELL RIVER PRESERVE...MOORESBURG AND HOWARD QUARTER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. 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. && LAT...LON 3640 8362 3658 8360 3660 8313 3633 8316 TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 274DEG 17KT 3649 8353 DH
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 36 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:07 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were reported down along the Claiborne and Hancock county line.
A few trees were downed between Washburn and Powder Springs three miles west of Rutledge.
Several trees were reported down at Mount Carmel.
Trees and power lines were reported down at Kingsport.
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, May 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: 509954, 509956, 509957, 509958.