Thunderstorm Wind, Russell
- When
- June 23, 7:30 PM EST
- Where
- Russell County, 0.55 mi E of Putnam
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- State Official
- Coordinates
- 37.020, -81.960
One tree was reported down east of Honaker.
Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 23, 2016
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.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
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.
What forecasters said that day
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, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 6:09 PM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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, Jun 23, 2:20 PM EST, 5 hours 10 minutes before
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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 6:44 PM EST, 46 minutes before
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
MJBThe radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 135 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:29 UTC.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- June 23, 7:50 PM EST
- Where
- Washington County, 0.55 mi E of Abingdon
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- State Official
- Coordinates
- 36.710, -81.970
Several trees were reported down countywide between 850 pm and 10 pm edt.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wise
- When
- June 23, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wise County, Pound
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 37.130, -82.620
A few trees were reported down in Pound.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- June 23, 8:20 PM EST
- Where
- Lee County, 1.31 mi WNW of Jonesville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- State Official
- Coordinates
- 36.690, -83.120
A little more than a mile west of Jonesville, a tree was reported down on Town Branch Road and another was downed at Hether Springs.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, June 23, 2016
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More
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Sources
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: 634874, 634878, 634922, 634899.