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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Morristown, TN

May 6, 1999Sevier County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 1999, 1:22 AM EDT for Sevier County, Tennessee. It was in force for 63 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 6, 1999, 1:22 AM EDT (05:22 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 1999, 2:25 AM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Sevier County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 6, 1:50 AM EDTThunderstorm WindKodak, TNTrees down.

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 5, 9:00 PM EDT, 4 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 9:00 PM EDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 5, 11:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 11:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBledsoe, Sequatchie47 min
May 5, 11:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMarion47 min
May 5, 11:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMorgan, Roane62 min
May 6, 12:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBlount, Knox, Loudon62 min
May 6, 12:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHamilton, Meigs, Rhea62 min
May 6, 12:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXScott65 min
May 6, 12:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMarion19 min
May 6, 12:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson, Campbell61 min
May 6, 12:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMarion31 min
May 6, 12:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBradley, McMinn, Monroe64 min
May 6, 1:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXClaiborne, Union60 min
May 6, 1:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBlount, Knox60 min
May 6, 1:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHamilton34 min
May 6, 1:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXPolk63 min
May 6, 1:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGrainger, Hamblen, Jefferson62 min
May 6, 1:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBradley49 min
May 6, 1:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMonroe49 min
May 6, 2:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXPolk32 min
May 6, 9:06 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningMRXSevier6 hr
May 6, 1:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCherokee62 min
May 6, 4:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXClay31 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.