East Tennessee Weather

[kiddiedoc]

Talking to friends in Mont Cove, Choto Rd area, and Lenoir City, there HAD to be some tornadoes. Roofs off, windows blown out, trees uprooted or snapped...

 

[Vol knight]

Talking to friends in Mont Cove, Choto Rd area, and Lenoir City, there HAD to be some tornadoes. Roofs off, windows blown out, trees uprooted or snapped...

Straight line winds can do that kind of damage.

 

[Obsessed]

Almost 49,000 KUB customers lost power.

147,000 with out power in West Tennessee.

Crews coming in from Kentucky, East Tennessee, North Carolina, and Ohio.

Stated will take over a week to get it fully restored.

 

[bleedorange0037]

Talking to friends in Mont Cove, Choto Rd area, and Lenoir City, there HAD to be some tornadoes. Roofs off, windows blown out, trees uprooted or snapped...

Picture is from The Cove at Concord Park, about half a mile from the subdivision you mentioned. The guys working there this morning said there might be upwards of 100 trees down just in the park. It might not have been an actual tornado, but the damage sure looks eerily similar to tornado damage.

 

[UT_Dutchman]

Any damage in knoxville anywhere?

Just drove across roads in east Knox County that had 6 trees in the road and many more cut out of the road. Two were completely across the road and you drove under them if you could.

 

[UT_Dutchman]

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She is pretty.

 

[Coug]

My buddy sent some pictures off of Choto, big bradford pears snapped off at the ground. I know those are weak trees but that takes incredible force to snap a mature tree at ground level and blow it down the road. Rural Metro says 100+mph downbursts in the area.

Those are the most dangerous, weakest trees. The only good Bradford pear is a dead one.

 

[Vol knight]

An official statement from the national weather service in Morristown on the storms has come out. The line that moved through Saturday evening was a Derecho. Based on the damages, the winds were estimated to be between 70-80 mph. They can also confirm that while there was weak rotation in parts of the Derecho, there was no tornadoes.

 

[Vol knight]

Alert!!!

The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Morgan County in east Tennessee...
Anderson County in east Tennessee...
Southwestern Campbell County in east Tennessee...
Northeastern Roane County in east Tennessee...

* Until 545 PM EDT

* At 515 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northwest
of Oliver Springs, or 8 miles east of Wartburg, moving east at 40
mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
Oak Ridge, Clinton, Wartburg, Oliver Springs, Lake City, Coalfield,
Disney, Rosedale, Frozen Head State Park and Petros.

 

[Coug]

Another line developing to our west right now.

 

[Coug]

Issuing Office: Knoxville/Tri-Cities
Source: National.Weather.Service
5:49pm EDT, Tue May 30

... SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL LOUDON... ANDERSON... WESTERN KNOX... SOUTHEASTERN CAMPBELL... SOUTHWESTERN UNION AND ROANE COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM EDT... AT 548 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSBORO TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLINTON TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUDON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KNOXVILLE, OAK RIDGE, CLINTON, LENOIR CITY, KINGSTON, LOUDON, MAYNARDVILLE, FARRAGUT, FAIRVIEW, OLIVER SPRINGS, MIDTOWN, HARRIMAN, CARYVILLE, HALLS, LAKE CITY, NORRIS, NORRIS DAM STATE PARK, BIG RIDGE STATE PARK, KARNS AND DEARMOND.

 

[bignewt]

Wasnt that bad, good thing.

 

[Vol knight]

Alert! (This storm is nearly stationary, so keep an eye out for possible flooding)

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY UNTIL
530 PM EDT...

At 444 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Knoxville, moving southeast at 5 mph.

Torrential rain, winds in excess of 40 mph, and dime sized hail will
be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Knoxville, Alcoa, Lake Forest, Bearden, Kimberlin Heights and
Seymour.

 

[Coug]

The one that went through around 3pm-ish was fantastic if you like thunder. That thing lasted a good half hour. BOOM!

 

[Vol knight]

~Severe Weather Bulletin~

There's a Slight risk for strong to severe thunderstorms overnight for areas North and Northwest of Knoxville (Oak Ridge, La Follette, Oneida, Jamestown, ect), while everyone else is under a marginal risk.

Primary threats:

1. Damaging winds in excess of 60 mph
2. Due to the high amount of moisture, localized flooding is possible.
3. Large hail up to quarter size is unlikely, but can't rule it out.

Timing:

Late afternoon into Monday. It'll be on and off storms.

 

[Vol knight]

Watch Alert!!!

Scott TN-Campbell-Claiborne-Hancock-Morgan-Anderson-Union-Lee-
Wise-
Including the cities of Oneida, La Follette, Tazewell,
Sneedville, Wartburg, Clinton, Oak Ridge, Maynardville,
Jonesville, Wise, and Norton
316 PM EDT Sun Jun 18 2017

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...

The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a

* Flash Flood Watch for portions of East Tennessee and Southwest
Virginia, including the following areas, in East Tennessee,
Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Hancock, Morgan, Scott TN, and
Union. In Southwest Virginia, Lee and Wise.

* From midnight EDT tonight through Monday afternoon

* Thunderstorms will produce heavy rainfall at times, which may
lead to flash flooding of creeks and streams.

* If flooding is observed, avoid low lying areas, and be careful
when approaching highway dips and underpasses. If you come to a
closed or flooded road, turn around! Don`t drown!

 

[Coug]

Hey VK, what are the chances that cell moving northeast near Decatur clipping Farragut?

 

[Vol knight]

Update:

The Flash Flood Watch that was in effect for Northern and Western portions of East TN has been canceled very early. There's still a possibility of seeing localized flooding in any of the stronger storms.

 

[Vol knight]

~Tropical Weather Alert~

The remnants of Tropical Storm Cindy will affect all of East TN tonight into early Saturday.

Primary threats:

1. Localized flash flooding is the biggest threat. Most areas will see anywhere from 1-4 inches, with locally higher amounts possible.

2. Damaging winds in excess of 60 mph is expected with storms that reach severe levels, with an isolated tornado or 2 also possible. The severe threat will be greatest on Friday.

 

[davethevol]

Shaping up to be nasty Friday?

 

[Vol knight]

Shaping up to be nasty Friday?

Late afternoon into the evening hours.

 

[DarthVisor]

We (McMinn County) just went under a tornado watch.

 

[Vol knight]

Watch Alert!!!

A Tornado Watch has been issued for the western half of East TN until 9:00 PM EST.

 

[davethevol]

Knox County Tornado watch until 9:00 pm.

 

[Vol knight]

The interesting thing is that there is little to no lightning in the system. A lot of it is wind driven rain.