Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 167

April 21, 19975 counties in North Carolina; 33 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 21, 1997, 3:15 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina; 33 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 21, 1997, 3:15 PM EDT (19:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 1997, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 38 counties

Cherokee County, NC, Clay County, NC, Graham County, NC, Macon County, NC, Swain County, NC, Anderson County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Blount County, TN, Bradley County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Clay County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Loudon County, TN, Marion County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Polk County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Roane County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Union County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, White County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Warnings issued inside it

23 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 21, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBlount, Knox60 min
Apr 21, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson, Knox54 min
Apr 21, 4:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOHXWarren, White2 hr
Apr 21, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPutnam, White34 min
Apr 21, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXJefferson31 min
Apr 21, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXOverton25 min
Apr 21, 5:08 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMRXKnox2 hr
Apr 21, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXFentress37 min
Apr 21, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXJefferson, Knox31 min
Apr 21, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMorgan33 min
Apr 21, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXScott31 min
Apr 21, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBledsoe26 min
Apr 21, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCampbell26 min
Apr 21, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMonroe35 min
Apr 21, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXClaiborne29 min
Apr 21, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMeigs, Rhea37 min
Apr 21, 7:08 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXMcMinn37 min
Apr 21, 7:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMonroe34 min
Apr 21, 7:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBradley, McMinn29 min
Apr 21, 7:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHamilton39 min
Apr 21, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXPolk51 min
Apr 21, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBradley15 min
Apr 21, 8:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCherokee27 min

The text

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

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 21, 4:15 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Chowan and 25 more6 hr
Apr 21, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCherokee, Graham5 hr
Apr 21, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBedford, Cannon, Chester, Coffee, Davidson, Decatur and 32 more7 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.