A frontal boundary lingered across southwest Virginia on the 11th. Thunderstorms formed in the afternoon hours with few of the storms produced a damaging thunderstorm wind by downing some trees.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A frontal boundary lingered across southwest Virginia on the 11th. Thunderstorms formed in the afternoon hours with few of the storms produced a damaging thunderstorm wind by downing some trees. Hail as large as a golfball was also reported.
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 11, 9:43 AM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1043 AM EDT WED JUN 11 2014 .DISCUSSION...NOT A LOT OF INSTABILITY TODAY...BUT GOOD SUPPLY OF MOISTURE STREAMING UP FROM THE SOUTH SO LIKELY POPS STILL LOOK WARRANTED. WILL UPDATE TO LOWER TEMPS A BIT SOUTHWEST AND RAISE THEM NORTHEAST BASED ON HOW MUCH INSOLATION EXPECTED. WILL ALSO TWEAK HOURLY DEW POINTS IN THE DATABASE. UPDATE OUT SOON. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 80 65 81 65 / 70 40 50 20 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 80 63 81 64 / 70 50 50 20 OAK RIDGE, TN 81 64 81 64 / 70 40 50 20 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 84 62 79 61 / 70 50 60 30 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && LW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 330 AM EDT WED JUN 11 2014 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-120730- 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 AM EDT WED JUN 11 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST TODAY AND TONIGHT BUT THE CHANCE FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER WILL BE QUITE LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR MOST OF THE PERIOD... BUT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT.
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:16 UTC.
2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported thunderstorms produced golfball size hail 5 miles west of Nickelsville in Midway.
The public reported thunderstorms produced quarter-size hail in Castlewood.
Law enforcement personnel reported 1 tree downed by thunderstorm wind in Castlewood.
Emergency management personnel reported several trees downed by thunderstorm wind 5 miles southwest of Lebanon.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, 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: 517691, 517693, 517695, 517698.