Severe thunderstorms formed along an outflow boundary during the early afternoon across the Ohio Valley and this boundary moved southeast across Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee during the late afternoon into the evening hours. The storms moved into a weak to moderately unstable environment generating mostly wind damage.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms formed along an outflow boundary during the early afternoon across the Ohio Valley and this boundary moved southeast across Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee during the late afternoon into the evening hours. The storms moved into a weak to moderately unstable environment generating mostly wind damage.
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 23, 6:09 PM EST, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Morristown TN 709 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016 .AVIATION... A line of thunderstorms currently north of the forecast area will push south through the evening hours, resulting in periods of IFR conditions at TRI and TYS. Low ceilings are expected in the moist air across the north after midnight. Thunderstorm chances shift further southeast for Friday. At this point, have left out the mention of thunder at CHA. Will reassess for the 06Z package based on newer model data. .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...None. TN...None. VA...None. && EMH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 320 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-241930- 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- 320 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016 /220 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... SPOTTY EVENING CONVECTION...MAINLY N OF INTERSTATE 40...MAY INCLUDE AN ISOLATED SEVERE CELL. HOWEVER...GREATER THREAT IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH AN ORGANIZED CONVECTIVE COMPLEX MOVING SOUTHEAST OUT OF KENTUCKY. ONCE AGAIN...THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WITH THIS COMPLEX WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. A LOWER THREAT WILL EXIST FOR MARGINALLY SEVERE SIZED HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE DAY FRIDAY WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING BEING THE MAIN THREATS. THE BEST CHANCES FOR ANY SEVERE WEATHER ON FRIDAY WILL BE FOR AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
744 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016
VAZ002-240030-
WISE-
744 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL WISE COUNTY...
AT 743 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLINTWOOD...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTON...WISE...COEBURN...POUND AND ST. PAUL.
LAT...LON 3713 8255 3703 8248 3698 8237 3696 8236
3697 8233 3691 8230 3691 8232 3689 8232
3689 8237 3688 8240 3689 8240 3688 8245
3703 8275 3704 8274 3705 8272 3712 8272
3715 8264 3720 8255
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 300DEG 44KT 3721 8247
MJBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
911 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 E HONAKER 37.02N 81.96W
06/23/2016 RUSSELL VA 911 CALL CENTER
1 TREE DOWN EAST OF HONAKER
&&
MBLACKSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
915 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016
TNZ012>014-240200-
CAMPBELL TN-SCOTT TN-CLAIBORNE TN-
915 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN SCOTT...CAMPBELL AND
NORTHERN CLAIBORNE COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM EDT...
AT 914 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR BLUE HERON TO CARPENTER. MOVEMENT WAS
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LA FOLLETTE...ONEIDA...TAZEWELL...JACKSBORO...HARROGATE...JELLICO...
CARYVILLE...WINFIELD...ELK VALLEY...WHITE OAK...KETCHEN...ARTHUR...
CLAIRFIELD...ROYAL BLUE...FINCASTLE...INDIAN MOUNTAIN S.P....
POWELL RIVER PRESERVE AND CUMBERLAND GAP.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR
EAST TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3651 8340 3642 8380 3643 8380 3642 8389
3643 8389 3639 8391 3640 8395 3638 8396
3630 8432 3660 8462 3658 8369 3660 8365
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 313DEG 33KT 3661 8451 3674 8396
DGSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
916 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016
VAZ008-240145-
WASHINGTON-
916 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WASHINGTON AND THE CITY OF
BRISTOL...
AT 916 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF ABINGDON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRISTOL VA...ABINGDON...GLADE SPRING...DAMASCUS...KONNAROCK...
BENHAMS...HILANDER PARK...LINDELL...HOLSTON AND EMORY-MEADOW VIEW.
LAT...LON 3661 8163 3662 8192 3660 8193 3661 8225
3673 8229 3679 8213 3688 8179 3679 8170
3664 8162 3664 8161 3663 8161
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 300DEG 27KT 3665 8182
MJBThe Knoxville radar (KMRX), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:33 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were reported down in the vicinity of Black Valley near highway 33 and highway 31.
Two trees were reported down near Church Hill.
A tree was reported down in Kingsport while another was downed near Piney Flats.
Several trees were reported down along highway 116.
A few trees were reported down across the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, June 2016
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: 634911, 634923, 634914, 634917, 634918.