A lone thunderstorm developed over the Tennessee Valley in Southeast Tennessee generating a damaging wind gust.
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A lone thunderstorm developed over the Tennessee Valley in Southeast Tennessee generating a damaging wind gust.
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 3, 8:15 PM EST, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Morristown TN 915 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2016 .Discussion...Scattered convection dissipating this evening across the Southern Appalachian Region with only a few lingering storms expected overnight. With recent rainfall...could see areas of fog form by sunrise. All on track in the current forecast...will update to remove pre period and evening wording. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Chattanooga Airport, TN 69 87 69 82 / 20 60 80 60 Knoxville McGhee Tyson Airport, TN 67 86 68 80 / 20 50 70 70 Oak Ridge, TN 68 86 69 80 / 30 60 70 60 Tri Cities Airport, TN 65 85 66 78 / 30 70 60 70 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...None. TN...None. VA...None. && mjb
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 327 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2016 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-041930- 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- 327 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2016 /227 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL BEING THE PRIMARY RISKS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT. HEAVY RAINFALL COULD ALSO CAUSE SOME AREAS OF LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. A FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL OCCUR SUNDAY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE...LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL THAT MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
456 PM EDT FRI JUN 03 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0454 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 W CHARLESTON 35.29N 84.80W
06/03/2016 BRADLEY TN PUBLIC
POWER LINE POLE DOWN NEAR TRUCK STOP ALONG I-75
&&
MBLACKSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
610 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2016
TNZ014-032300-
CLAIBORNE TN-
610 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CLAIBORNE COUNTY
UNTIL 700 PM EDT...
AT 609 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13
MILES WEST OF HARROGATE-SHAWANEE...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA
FOLLETTE. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HARROGATE-SHAWANEE AND ARTHUR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3660 8361 3653 8355 3644 8389 3657 8393
3659 8388 3658 8385 3658 8369 3660 8367
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 282DEG 2KT 3651 8388
AMP.23The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:52 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A power line pole was reported down near the truck stop along I-75.
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