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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Morristown, TN

April 23, 1999Cocke County, Sevier County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 1999, 8:55 PM EDT for Cocke County, Sevier County, Tennessee. It was in force for 45 min. 2 reports 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: Apr 23, 1999, 8:55 PM EDT (00:55 UTC)
Expired: Apr 23, 1999, 9:40 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Cocke County, TN, Sevier County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 23, 9:00 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Sevierville, TN
Apr 23, 9:20 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Sevierville, 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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 23, 8:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Grainger, Union	33 min
Apr 23, 8:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Jefferson, Knox	49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 1999 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.