Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Morristown, TN

May 11, 1999Bledsoe County, Rhea County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 1999, 4:27 PM CDT for Bledsoe County, Rhea County, Tennessee. It was in force for 28 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 11, 1999, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 1999, 4:55 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bledsoe County, TN, Rhea County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 11, 4:45 PM CDTHail 0.75Pikeville, 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.

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 1999Every 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.