A few severe thunderstorms formed along a weak cool frontal boundary during the middle to late afternoon hours producing some wind damage in isolated sections of Southwest Virginia as well as Northeast and North Central Tennessee.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A few severe thunderstorms formed along a weak cool frontal boundary during the middle to late afternoon hours producing some wind damage in isolated sections of Southwest Virginia as well as Northeast and North Central Tennessee.
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 19, 12:27 PM EST, 33 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Morristown TN 127 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016 .AVIATION...Convection is beginning to develop across the area this afternoon. Coverage should be scattered and if a storm does move into a TAF site...be prepared for lowing CIGS and VIS and brief thunderstorm winds. Convection will decrease through the evening hours and expect dry and mild conditions overnight. With recent rainfall...patchy fog is possible early Wednesday morning. Local MVFR to IFR conditions are possible with better chances north near TRI. Drier air and a quieter weather pattern will move in for Wednesday. && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...None. TN...None. VA...None. && mjb
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 257 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-200700- 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- 257 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016 /157 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON TUESDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE...WITH STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS BEING THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
131 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016
VAZ002-005-191815-
SCOTT-WISE-
131 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL SCOTT AND SOUTHWESTERN
WISE COUNTIES...
AT 130 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GATE CITY...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GATE CITY...BIG STONE GAP...WEBER CITY...APPALACHIA...DUFFIELD...
CLINCHPORT...HILTONS AND FORT BLACKMORE.
LAT...LON 3693 8280 3666 8233 3659 8270 3659 8272
3676 8282 3677 8281 3678 8279 3680 8277
3685 8284 3685 8285 3686 8285 3688 8286
TIME...MOT...LOC 1730Z 313DEG 18KT 3669 8264
MJBThe Knoxville radar (KMRX), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:01 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were reported down near Natural Tunnel State Park.
Two trees were reported down.
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