Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Morristown, TN

Issued

Jun 21, 1997, 2:08 PM EDT (18:08 UTC)

Expired

Jun 21, 1997, 3:15 PM EDT

In force

67 min

Issued by

NWS Morristown, TN

Area

Whole counties

County Hamilton County, TN

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TTAA00 KMRX 211808 RRA
SVRMRX
TNC065-211915-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE TRI CITIES TN
208 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KNOXVILLE TRI CITIES HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST TENNESSEE
 
   ...HAMILTON COUNTY
 
AT 206 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY OVER AND WEST
OF CHATTANOOGA. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 20 TO
30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

NWS Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 21, 10:25 AM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN
1015 AM EDT SAT JUN 21 1997

LINE OF THUNDERSHOWWERS MOVG ESE FROM MID TN TOWARD OUR CWA.  ALTHO
IT'S WEAKND SOME IN LAST COUPLE HRS...IT'S STILL HOLDING TOGETHER.
DIFFICULT TO SEE FORCING FOR THIS LINE...WHICH PERHAPS WAS INITIATED
BY OUTFLO BNDRY SET OFF BY DYING CONVECT THIS MORN IN AL.  PREV AFD
SUGGESTED LWR POPS FOR TN VLY...WUD BUMP THAT UP AT LST 10 PCT NOW...
GIVEN THAT THERE IS SOME MESOSCALE ORGANIZATION FOR CONVECT.
HWVR...A LITTLE LESS UNST IN EAST TN COMPARED TO MID STATE...SO XPCT
CONTINUED WEAKENING.

OTHRW...XPCT ANOTHER DAY LIKE YEST AS FAR AS CONVECT GOES.  SPENT A
LOT OF TIME LOOKING AT MOD SNDG.  IT SHOWS A LITTLE LESS DRY CONDS
ALFT...PROB A REFLECT OF UPR LOW (NOW IN NRN GA).  WBZ A LITTLE HIER
TOO.  ALSO...STRONGER SW FLOW IN LWR TROP SEEMS TO BE GIVING A LITTLE
FASTER MVMNT TO THE CONVECT TODAY.  SO...A LITTLE SMALLER
HAIL...DOWNBURST INTENSITY...AND RAINFALL AMTS SEEM TO BE IN THE
OFFING.  EMPHASIS IS ON "A LITTLE" HWVR.  WILL HAVE TO WATCH MESOSCALE
ORGAN OF APCHNG LINE TO SEE IF IT HANGS TOGETHER...IF IT DOES
INTENSITY OF CONVECT CUD BE GREATER THAN YEST.

UPR LO STILL HAS A zLITTLE COOL POCKET ASSOC...DESTABILIZING THE
ATMOS...AND WON'T GO ANYWHERE THRU TOMORO.

SMH

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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