A strong southerly flow developed in advance of an Eastern United States low pressure system. The strong southerly wind downed some trees along the higher terrain along the Tennessee and North Carolina border.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A strong southerly flow developed in advance of an Eastern United States low pressure system. The strong southerly wind downed some trees along the higher terrain along the Tennessee and North Carolina border.
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 Nov 23, 9:31 PM EST, 29 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED
National Weather Service Morristown TN
931 PM EST Fri Nov 23 2018
.DISCUSSION...
Winds are increasing across the Mountains and Adjacent Foothills
with gusts at Cove Mountain and Camp Creek, Tennessee already over
50 mph. Strong low-level jet will continue increase through early
Saturday morning. Have extended the High Wind Warning into the
northeast Tennessee Mountains and Foothills.
Isentropic lift is producing scattered showers over the area this
evening with the brief, but strong jet dynamic lift moving through
around midnight/early Saturday morning. Will continue with current
PoPs.
Have a good night.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Chattanooga Airport, TN 42 58 41 61 / 100 50 0 20
Knoxville McGhee Tyson Airport, TN 43 57 38 61 / 100 60 0 10
Oak Ridge, TN 42 57 40 60 / 100 60 0 20
Tri Cities Airport, TN 40 54 37 62 / 90 70 0 10
&&
.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...None.
TN...High Wind Warning until 7 AM EST Saturday for Blount Smoky
Mountains-Cocke Smoky Mountains-Johnson-Northwest Carter-
Sevier Smoky Mountains-Southeast Carter-Southeast Greene-
Southeast Monroe-Unicoi.
VA...None.
&&Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Morristown TN 303 PM EST Fri Nov 23 2018 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-242015- 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- 303 PM EST Fri Nov 23 2018 /203 PM CST Fri Nov 23 2018/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Southwest North Carolina...East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Tonight very windy conditions are expected to develop across the mountains and adjacent foothills starting this evening and persisting into early Saturday morning. A high wind warning has been issued for parts of the area. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday No hazardous weather is expected. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Camp Creek meteorological wind tower measured a peak wind gust of 61 mph.
A wind gust of 61 mph was recorded at Cove Mountain.
Several trees were reported down on Orchard Road in the Smoky Mountain National Park.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2018Every state in 2018This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, November 2018
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: 788134, 788133, 788132.