A cold front tracked through southwest Virginia on the 25th triggering thunderstorm activity. Many trees were downed by thunderstorm wind gusts and hail as large as golfballs was also seen.
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A cold front tracked through southwest Virginia on the 25th triggering thunderstorm activity. Many trees were downed by thunderstorm wind gusts and hail as large as golfballs was also seen.
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 25, 6:27 PM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 727 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015 .AVIATION... FOR THE 00Z TAFS...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRESENT ACROSS KENTUCKY EARLY THIS EVENING. COULD SEE SOME ISOLATED STORMS FORM EARLY THIS EVENING NEAR KTRI AHEAD OF MAIN GROUP OF STORMS. EXPECT THESE STORMS TO CONGEAL INTO A LINE OF STORMS AND MOVE THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT. LIKELY TO THUNDERSTORMS AT KTRI/KTYS FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS NEAR MIDNIGHT. LINE OF STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BEHIND THE LINE OF STORMS. && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && ABM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 127 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-261730- 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- 127 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS FROM THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...AND AGAIN FROM THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING STORM COVERAGE...PARTICULARLY WITH RESPECT TO THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACTIVITY. HOWEVER...SHOULD A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOP...THE ENVIRONMENT IN PLACE WOULD ALLOW IT TO QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE. DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 70 MPH...AND LARGE HAIL OF GOLFBALL SIZE WILL BE THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WITH THIS ACTIVITY. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. ADDITIONALLY...HEAVY RAINS FROM THIS ACTIVITY MAY ALSO CAUSE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS. PLEASE MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST INFORMATION REGARDING THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...PARTICULARLY IF YOU HAVE OUTDOOR PLANS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HAVE A WAY TO RECEIVE ANY WATCH AND WARNING INFORMATION AND KNOW WHAT ACTIONS TO TAKE SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS POSSIBLE AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
811 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015
VAZ002-260100-
WISE VA-
811 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WISE COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM EDT...
AT 810 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13
MILES NORTH OF WISE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WISE...COEBURN AND POUND.
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 3713 8255 3707 8250 3703 8248 3698 8237
3696 8236 3697 8233 3696 8232 3688 8239
3702 8277 3703 8275 3704 8274 3705 8272
3712 8272 3715 8264 3720 8255
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 294DEG 24KT 3717 8264
MOULTONSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
849 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015
VAZ006-008-260115-
RUSSELL VA-WASHINGTON VA-
849 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR RUSSELL...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES
UNTIL 915 PM EDT...
AT 848 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES NORTHEAST OF CLEVELAND...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF LEBANON...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEBANON...CLEVELAND...GLADE SPRING...HONAKER...DYE...LINDELL...
ROSEDALE...EMORY-MEADOW VIEW AND CASTLEWOOD.
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 3690 8229 3696 8233 3700 8228 3699 8225
3704 8217 3705 8204 3707 8202 3712 8201
3713 8193 3714 8190 3711 8189 3704 8182
3696 8178 3693 8184 3679 8170 3669 8165
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 292DEG 25KT 3703 8204
MOULTONSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
942 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015
VAZ002-260245-
WISE VA-
942 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WISE COUNTY UNTIL 1045 PM EDT...
AT 942 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES NORTHWEST OF WISE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WISE...COEBURN...POUND AND PARDEE.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3717 8255 3713 8255 3703 8248 3698 8240
3698 8237 3696 8236 3697 8233 3692 8230
3700 8278 3701 8278 3705 8272 3712 8272
3717 8261
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 278DEG 23KT 3709 8268
DHThe Roanoke radar (KFCX), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:58 UTC.
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported golfball size hail 5 miles west-northwest of Saltville along Poor Valley Road in extreme eastern Washington County.
Dispatch personnel reported a few trees downed by thunderstorm wind in Ewing.
The public reported quarter-sized hail 4 miles west-southwest of Saltville in eastern Washington county near the Smyth County line in Saltville.
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: 566603, 566604, 566606.