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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Morristown, TN

May 7, 1998Cocke County, Tennessee

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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In the hours before

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 1:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXScott65 min
May 7, 1:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHamilton46 min
May 7, 1:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCampbell65 min
May 7, 2:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMRXGrainger, Knox3 hr
May 7, 2:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBradley50 min
May 7, 2:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXClaiborne47 min
May 7, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGreene, Hamblen50 min
May 7, 2:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXPolk49 min
May 7, 2:37 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXBradley, Polk33 min
May 7, 2:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXJefferson, Knox66 min
May 7, 2:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMRXGreene, Hamblen2 hr
May 7, 3:07 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXJefferson33 min
May 7, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXUnicoi, Washington32 min
May 7, 3:13 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXPolk47 min
May 7, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHancock47 min
May 7, 3:31 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXKnox, Sevier64 min
May 7, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXClaiborne66 min
May 7, 3:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMRXCocke, Jefferson3 hr
May 7, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXJefferson65 min
May 7, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGreene47 min
May 7, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHamilton, Meigs, Rhea46 min
May 7, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXPolk36 min
May 7, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMcMinn48 min
May 7, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHawkins, Sullivan46 min
May 7, 5:05 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXMcMinn50 min
May 7, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGreene48 min
May 7, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHamilton, Meigs, Rhea32 min
May 7, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMonroe32 min
May 7, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMonroe, Polk36 min
May 7, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBlount, Knox50 min
May 7, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXJefferson50 min
May 7, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXPolk35 min
May 7, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCocke, Sevier33 min
May 7, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXLoudon, Roane47 min
May 7, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGreene, Hamblen47 min
May 7, 7:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXSullivan, Washington34 min
May 7, 7:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCocke, Jefferson50 min
May 7, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXWise35 min
May 7, 3:54 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXClay31 min
May 7, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCherokee34 min
May 7, 5:28 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXCherokee, Clay32 min
May 7, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCherokee, Clay35 min
May 7, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCherokee, Clay32 min

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.