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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Morristown, TN

May 21, 1998Loudon County, Monroe County, Polk County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 1998, 10:40 PM EDT for Loudon County, Monroe County, Polk County, Tennessee. It was in force for 60 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 21, 1998, 10:40 PM EDT (02:40 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 1998, 11:40 PM EDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Loudon County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Polk County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:43 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 21, 6:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

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, 8 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 2:35 PM EDT, 8 hours 5 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 21, 9:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cumberland	60 min
May 21, 9:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hamilton, Meigs, Rhea	58 min
May 21, 10:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Fentress, Morgan	64 min
May 21, 10:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley, McMinn, Roane	63 min
May 21, 10:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Anderson, Scott	63 min
May 21, 10:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cherokee, Clay	61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 1998 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.