A front tracked through southwest Virginia on the 19th triggering thunderstorms in the evening hours. Trees were downed with the strongest storms.
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A front tracked through southwest Virginia on the 19th triggering thunderstorms in the evening hours. Trees were downed with the strongest storms.
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 Apr 19, 8:26 PM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 926 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015 .DISCUSSION... A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS CONTINUES TO TRACK ACROSS THE CENTRAL VALLEY LATE THIS EVENING...WITH DAMAGING WINDS REMAINING THE PREDOMINANT THREAT WITHIN THE BOWING SEGMENTS. THIS LINE WILL QUICKLY TRACK NORTH AND EAST THROUGH THE REGION WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...AND SHOULD GENERALLY WEAKEN AS IT TRACKS INTO A MORE STABLE ENVIRONMENT ACROSS FAR NE TN AND SW VA. SOME CLEARING TO PARTIAL CLEARING WILL BRIEFLY OCCUR IN ITS WAKE BETWEEN 03-06Z...BEFORE ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TOWARD THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT LATE TONIGHT BETWEEN 06-09Z...AND MOVE ACROSS THE REGION DURING A 09-15Z TIMEFRAME. THERE WILL BE ENOUGH ELEVATED INSTABLITY TO SUPPORT SOME ORGANIZED LINES WHICH WILL BE CAPABLE OF LOCALIZED CONVECTIVE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WITHIN THE STRONGER BOWING SEGMENTS...AS WELL AS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITHIN THE MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 61 72 48 70 / 60 40 20 10 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 60 70 46 66 / 70 60 20 10 OAK RIDGE, TN 60 69 46 67 / 70 60 20 10 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 57 71 44 63 / 70 60 40 10 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && AMP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 404 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-202015- 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- 404 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND A RISK OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT... PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ARE ANTICIPATED ALONG AND BEHIND A WARM FRONT THAT IS MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION. DUE TO THE VERY MOIST ENVIRONMENT IN PLACE...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING OF AREA ROADWAYS...SMALL STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ACROSS LOW- LYING AREAS. THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS A WEAK COLD FRONT TRACKS TOWARD THE REGION. LOCALLY STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE MAIN THREATS EXPECTED TO BE ISOLATED DAMAGING DOWNBURSTS WINDS AND HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... THE THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES INTO MONDAY. THE CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS REMAINS LOW...BUT STRONG STORMS AND AN ISOLATED SEVERE ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCES BEING IN FAR NORTHEAST TENNESSEE INTO SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. DAMAGING WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...AND QUARTER SIZED HAIL COULD OCCUR WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LOCALIZED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1000 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
VAZ001-002-005-200245-
SCOTT VA-WISE VA-LEE VA-
1000 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN WISE...WESTERN SCOTT AND
LEE COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF NORTON UNTIL 1045 PM EDT...
AT 1000 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
JONESVILLE TO NEAR SNEEDVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTON...JONESVILLE...BIG STONE GAP...PENNINGTON GAP...APPALACHIA...
POUND...ST. CHARLES...DUFFIELD...CLINCHPORT...DRYDEN...
PATTONSVILLE...PARDEE...ROSE HILL AND JASPER.
LAT...LON 3660 8263 3660 8330 3671 8332 3674 8314
3678 8313 3685 8307 3685 8301 3689 8288
3693 8286 3698 8287 3701 8283 3703 8275
3705 8272 3712 8272 3717 8261
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 239DEG 39KT 3679 8326 3660 8322
17PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1003 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0915 PM TSTM WND DMG MAYNARDVILLE 36.25N 83.81W
04/19/2015 UNION TN 911 CALL CENTER
A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS UNION COUNTY
&&
AMPSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1011 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
TNZ016-040>045-200300-
COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN-WASHINGTON TN-NORTHWEST COCKE TN-HAWKINS TN-
SOUTHEAST GREENE TN-UNICOI TN-NORTHWEST GREENE TN-
1011 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL COCKE...SOUTHERN
WASHINGTON...SOUTHWESTERN HAWKINS...UNICOI...GREENE AND SOUTHWESTERN
CARTER COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...
AT 1010 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF GREENEVILLE
TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PARROTTSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREENEVILLE...ERWIN...TUSCULUM...BANNER HILL...UNICOI...MOSHEIM...
LIBERTY...EMBREEVILLE...CEDAR CREEK...CAMP CREEK...CHUCKY...LIMESTONE
COVE...ROUND MOUNTAIN...CANEY BRANCH...LIMESTONE...ROCKY FORK AND
MOHAWK.
LAT...LON 3613 8225 3614 8229 3611 8237 3601 8246
3595 8256 3597 8261 3601 8261 3603 8259
3607 8264 3600 8278 3593 8281 3595 8285
3595 8290 3593 8292 3588 8290 3580 8296
3625 8307 3622 8226 3615 8222
TIME...MOT...LOC 0210Z 255DEG 39KT 3620 8298 3569 8286
17PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1024 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1011 PM TSTM WND DMG ROGERSVILLE 36.41N 83.01W
04/19/2015 HAWKINS TN 911 CALL CENTER
A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN ROGERSVILLE.
&&
AMPPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1032 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1028 PM TSTM WND DMG BAILEYTON 36.33N 82.83W
04/19/2015 GREENE TN 911 CALL CENTER
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS GREENE COUNTY.
&&
AMPSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1044 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
TNZ017-018-044>047-VAZ005-200330-
WASHINGTON TN-JOHNSON TN-SULLIVAN TN-SOUTHEAST CARTER TN-
NORTHWEST CARTER TN-UNICOI TN-SCOTT VA-
1044 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JOHNSON...EASTERN WASHINGTON...
UNICOI...CARTER...SULLIVAN...SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN
SCOTT COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF BRISTOL UNTIL 1130 PM EDT...
AT 1043 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR KINGSPORT TO NEAR
BANNER HILL...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JOHNSON CITY...KINGSPORT...ELIZABETHTON...ERWIN...MOUNTAIN CITY...
BRISTOL TN...BRISTOL...JONESBOROUGH...MIDWAY...SPURGEON...OAK
GROVE...COLONIAL HEIGHTS...WALNUT HILL...CENTRAL...HAMPTON...BANNER
HILL...PINE CREST...GRAY...UNICOI AND BLUFF CITY.
LAT...LON 3653 8171 3647 8170 3641 8174 3634 8171
3636 8179 3634 8185 3630 8191 3612 8203
3610 8208 3611 8213 3615 8215 3616 8222
3613 8225 3611 8237 3602 8245 3603 8252
3663 8253 3665 8231 3660 8229 3661 8166
TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 271DEG 40KT 3656 8246 3610 8246
17The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:46 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Dispatch personnel reported numerous trees downed by thunderstorm wind across the southern portions of the county.
Emergency management personnel reported a couple of trees downed by thunderstorm wind in Damascus.
Emergency manager personnel reported a tree downed by thunderstorm wind in Glade Spring.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, April 2015
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: 566582, 566583, 566584.