Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 1998, 3:33 PM EDT for Cocke County, Tennessee. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 1998, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 1998, 4:35 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cocke County, TN
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 May 7, 3:13 PM EDT, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 7, 3:13 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 7, 12:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-034>047-066>074-083>087-099>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-080445- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN 1244 PM EDT THU MAY 7 1998 ...THERE A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS TENNESSEE TODAY PULLING WARM AND MOIST AIR INTO THE REGION MAKING THE ATMOSPHERE VERY UNSTABLE. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AT THE SURFACE AND A STRONG WESTERLY JET STREAM WILL INCREASE THE THREAT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES. ALTHOUGH THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA INCLUDING SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA... THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM CROSSVILLE...TO MADISONVILLE...TO HAYESVILLE NORTH CAROLINA. THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...BUT TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...EAST TENNESSEE AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION TODAY. GH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 1:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 65 min |
| May 7, 1:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 46 min |
| May 7, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell | 65 min |
| May 7, 2:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Grainger, Knox | 3 hr |
| May 7, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley | 50 min |
| May 7, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne | 47 min |
| May 7, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene, Hamblen | 50 min |
| May 7, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Polk | 49 min |
| May 7, 2:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, Polk | 33 min |
| May 7, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Jefferson, Knox | 66 min |
| May 7, 2:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Greene, Hamblen | 2 hr |
| May 7, 3:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Jefferson | 33 min |
| May 7, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Unicoi, Washington | 32 min |
| May 7, 3:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Polk | 47 min |
| May 7, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hancock | 47 min |
| May 7, 3:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Knox, Sevier | 64 min |
| May 7, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne | 66 min |
| May 7, 3:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Cocke, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| May 7, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Jefferson | 65 min |
| May 7, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene | 47 min |
| May 7, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton, Meigs, Rhea | 46 min |
| May 7, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Polk | 36 min |
| May 7, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | McMinn | 48 min |
| May 7, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hawkins, Sullivan | 46 min |
| May 7, 5:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | McMinn | 50 min |
| May 7, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene | 48 min |
| May 7, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton, Meigs, Rhea | 32 min |
| May 7, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Monroe | 32 min |
| May 7, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Monroe, Polk | 36 min |
| May 7, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox | 50 min |
| May 7, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Jefferson | 50 min |
| May 7, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Polk | 35 min |
| May 7, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Sevier | 33 min |
| May 7, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon, Roane | 47 min |
| May 7, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene, Hamblen | 47 min |
| May 7, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan, Washington | 34 min |
| May 7, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Jefferson | 50 min |
| May 7, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Wise | 35 min |
| May 7, 3:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Clay | 31 min |
| May 7, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 34 min |
| May 7, 5:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 32 min |
| May 7, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 35 min |
| May 7, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 32 min |
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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.