Tornado Warning 2, NWS Morristown, TN

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE   TN
946 AM EDT (846 AM CDT) WED APR 27 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ONTO THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...

AT 935AM EDT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS MOVING INTO FENTRESS AND SCOTT
COUNTIES.  THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGED
AT THIS TIME.  PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  IF YOUR IN
THE PATH OF ONE OF THESE STORMS GO INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

EAST TENNESSEE WILL CONTINUE TO BE EFFECTED BY WARM AND MOIST AIR FOR
THE NEXT FEW DAYS...SO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE FOR
MOST OF EAST TENNESSEE.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE BRISTOL TENNESSEE
1045 AM EDT WED APR 27 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 4 PM FOR NORTHEAST TENNESSEE
AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...

AT 1028 AM EDT...A LINE OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...12 MILES WIDE...
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM JUST
SOUTH OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA TO WEST OF BECKLEY THROUGH
SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY ...PRESTONBURG... BARBOURVILLE INCLUDED TO
NEAR NEW RIVER TENNESSEE. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE PRODUCING
SMALL HAIL OR STRONG AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY EASTWARD AT 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHERS SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS
WERE LOCATED BEHIND THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEASTERN
KENTUCKY AND NORTHEAST TENNESSEE FROM KNOXVILLE TO BRISTOL.
THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES
AN HOUR.

KEEP ALERT TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV AND/OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE   TN
1045 AM EDT (945 AM CDT) WED APR 27 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST TENNESSEE...

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ALONG THE TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY BORDER AND
IN THE CROSSVILLE AREA...

AT 1040AM EDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWS A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
FROM EASTERN PICKETT AND NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTIES.  THERE WAS ALSO
THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF
CROSSVILLE.

THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...PEA SIZE HAIL...AND VERY
STRONG WINDS IN FENTRESS COUNTY DURING HE PAST HOUR.

AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING
SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.
TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS
WEATHER SITUATION.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE BRISTOL TENNESSEE
1140 AM EDT WED APR 27 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 4 PM FOR NORTHEAST TENNESSEE
AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...

AT 1130 AM EDT...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER THE MOUNTAINS
OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...INTO EAST TENNESSEE.  HEAVY RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF OVER 1 INCH HAD FALLEN IN PASTS OF DICKENSON COUNTY
VIRGINIA...THIS COULD CAUSE SOME LOCAL FLOODING.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY EASTWARD AT 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHERWISE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS
WERE OVER MIDDLE AND EAST TENNESSEE INTO CENTRAL AND EAST KENTUCKY
...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA.
THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES
AN HOUR.

KEEP ALERT TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV AND/OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE   TN
1214 PM EDT (1114 AM CDT) WED APR 27 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 400PM EDT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST
TENNESSEE...

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST THROUGH EAST TENNESSEE...

AT 1200PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
STRETCHING FROM EASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY THROUGH MOST OF
MORGAN...AND SOUTHERN SCOTT AND CAMPBELL COUNTIES.  THESE STORMS ARE
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH.  NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT KNOXVILLE AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER THESE
STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE PEA SIZE
HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.  AT THE PRESENT
DIRECTION AND SPEED...THIS LINE OF STORMS SHOULD BE IN THE KNOXVILLE
AREA IN ABOUT 1 TO 1 1/2 HOURS.

AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING
SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.
TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS C&ONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS
WEATHER SITUATION.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE BRISTOL TENNESSEE
1240 PM EDT WED APR 27 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 4 PM FOR NORTHEAST TENNESSEE
AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...

AT 1230 PM EDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WAS LOCATED OVER
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...INTO EAST TENNESSEE.  PEA SIZE HAIL
OCCURRED AT THE TRI CITIES AIRPORT AT 1230 PM.  THE LINE OF
STORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTH OF BLUEFIELD WEST VIRGINIA SOUTHWEST
ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...OVER THE GREATER TRI CITIES AREA
OF BRISTOL AND KINGSPORT AND WEST TOWARD KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE...
AS WELL AS INTO THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS OF EAST TENNESSEE.
OTHERWISE ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LIGHT RAIN EXTENDED
WEST THROUGH NORTH OF THE TRI CITIES RADAR INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE
...EAST KENTUCKY AND WEST VIRGINIA.
THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES
AN HOUR.

KEEP ALERT TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV AND/OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.