A few pulse severe thunderstorms developed across northeastern parts of the region including Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee at mid afternoon. |The mode of severe weather was straight line wind which ended up downing numerous trees and power lines.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A few pulse severe thunderstorms developed across northeastern parts of the region including Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee at mid afternoon. Following this development, a more organized line of storms that formed along an outflow boundary that moved out of South Central Kentucky and Middle Tennessee onto the Cumberland Plateau and continued southeast across much of Central East and Southeast Tennessee.|The mode of severe weather was straight line wind which ended up downing numerous trees and power lines.
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 Jul 6, 6:39 PM EST, 11 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Morristown TN 739 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016 .AVIATION...Mass of convection is blasting out across the Great Valley this evening in derecho form. Quite a bit of wind energy to create a dangerous situation for flight operations along with some mvfr ceilings and vsby at times in the strongest storms. Expect the main area of convection to continue east and south impacting TRI next followed by CHA during the hour or two. Not sure how much fog may develop with a relatively decent pressure gradient keep the low levels mixed. Models have not done the best job with the event so difficult to buy into the 12-24 hour model depiction. Tried to show more convection building through TRI late tonight into sunrise with some vicinity thunder at TYS and CHA during the day. && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...None. TN...None. VA...None. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 302 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-071915- 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- 302 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016 /202 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE PLATEAU LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING BEING THE MAIN THREATS. BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF I-75. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF I-75.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
705 PM EDT WED JUL 06 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0650 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 N MAYNARDVILLE 36.30N 83.81W
07/06/2016 UNION TN 911 CALL CENTER
SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
&&
DHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
721 PM EDT WED JUL 06 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0717 PM TSTM WND DMG STRAWBERRY PLAINS 36.06N 83.69W
07/06/2016 KNOX TN TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS THE AREA.
&&
DHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
737 PM EDT WED JUL 06 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SW BEAN STATION 36.32N 83.31W
07/06/2016 GRAINGER TN TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR THE CHEROKEE LAKE.
&&
DHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
739 PM EDT WED JUL 06 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0510 PM TSTM WND DMG EWING 36.63N 83.43W
07/06/2016 LEE VA TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR EWING.
&&
DHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
747 PM EDT WED JUL 06 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0746 PM TSTM WND DMG MOHAWK 36.20N 83.06W
07/06/2016 GREENE TN TRAINED SPOTTER
VERY HIGH WINDS AND TREES DOWN.
&&
DHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
748 PM EDT WED JUL 06 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0510 PM TSTM WND DMG EWING 36.63N 83.43W
07/06/2016 LEE VA TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR EWING.
0525 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 N BIRCHWOOD 35.39N 84.99W
07/06/2016 MEIGS TN TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN SOUTHERN MEIGS COUNTY
0545 PM TSTM WND DMG LOUDON 35.74N 84.36W
07/06/2016 LOUDON TN 911 CALL CENTER
TREES DOWN.
0612 PM TSTM WND DMG GREENBACK 35.65N 84.18W
07/06/2016 LOUDON TN 911 CALL CENTER
SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
0620 PM TSTM WND DMG ATHENS 35.45N 84.60W
07/06/2016 MCMINN TN TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL TREES DOWN COUNTY-WIDE.
0624 PM TSTM WND DMG LA FOLLETTE 36.37N 84.13W
07/06/2016 CAMPBELL TN 911 CALL CENTER
SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
0630 PM TSTM WND DMG CLINTON 36.09N 84.13W
07/06/2016 ANDERSON TN 911 CALL CENTER
SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
0640 PM TSTM WND DMG SWEETWATER 35.60N 84.47W
07/06/2016 MONROE TN 911 CALL CENTER
SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
0650 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 N MAYNARDVILLE 36.30N 83.81W
07/06/2016 UNION TN 911 CALL CENTER
SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
0717 PM TSTM WND DMG STRAWBERRY PLAINS 36.06N 83.69W
07/06/2016 KNOX TN TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS THE AREA.
0730 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SW BEAN STATION 36.32N 83.31W
07/06/2016 GRAINGER TN TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR THE CHEROKEE LAKE.
0746 PM TSTM WND DMG MOHAWK 36.20N 83.06W
07/06/2016 GREENE TN TRAINED SPOTTER
VERY HIGH WINDS AND TREES DOWN.
&&
DHThe Knoxville radar (KMRX), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:49 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were reported down across primarily the eastern half of the county.
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