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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 236, NWS Morristown, TN

July 21, 1997Scott County, Virginia

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 1997, 10:25 PM EDT for Scott County, Virginia. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 21, 1997, 10:25 PM EDT (02:25 UTC)
Expired: Jul 21, 1997, 11:15 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Whole counties

County Scott County, VA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 21, 10:35 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Gate City, VA	A few trees and powerlines down.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, 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 this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 21, 8:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 8:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 21, 8:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Washington	63 min
Jul 22, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Greene	68 min
Jul 22, 5:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Washington	55 min
Jul 22, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Greene	48 min
Jul 22, 7:15 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Hawkins, Sullivan	3 hr
Jul 22, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Washington	31 min
Jul 22, 6:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Lee	69 min

Nearby

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

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.