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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 207, NWS Morristown, TN

May 21, 1998Roane County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 1998, 4:55 PM EDT for Roane County, Tennessee. It was in force for 35 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: May 21, 1998, 4:55 PM EDT (20:55 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 1998, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Whole counties

County Roane County, TN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 21, 5:15 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Kingston, TN

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 May 21, 2:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 2:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 21, 12:47 PM EDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 21, 12:51 PM EDT, 4 hours 4 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
May 20, 9:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Carter, Johnson	33 min
May 20, 10:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Johnson, Sullivan	46 min
May 21, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Loudon	35 min
May 21, 5:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Knox	50 min
May 21, 6:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Roane	33 min
May 21, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Knox	30 min
May 21, 6:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Jefferson, Sevier	47 min
May 21, 6:52 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Knox	2 hr
May 21, 7:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Knox	31 min
May 21, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Roane	31 min
May 21, 7:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cocke	36 min
May 20, 8:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Wise	48 min
May 20, 8:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Washington	51 min
May 20, 8:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Washington	46 min
May 20, 9:03 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Washington	3 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.