Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Morristown, TN

Issued

Jul 3, 2002, 3:37 PM EDT (19:37 UTC)

Expired

Jul 3, 2002, 4:15 PM EDT

In force

38 min

Issued by

NWS Morristown, TN

Area

Whole counties

County Sullivan County, TN

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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WUUS54 KMRX 031937
SVRMRX
TNC163-032015-
/NEW.KMRX.SV.W.0184.031937-032015/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
337 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SULLIVAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 334 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR BLUFF CITY...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  BRISTOL TN...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BLOUNTVILLE AROUND 345 PM EDT
  TRI-CITY AIRPORT AROUND 350 PM EDT
  BLOOMINGDALE AROUND 410 PM EDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  WINDS UP TO 60 MPH...WHICH COULD PUSH OVER SHALLOW ROOTED TREES AND
  BREAK TREE LIMBS ABOUT THE SIZE OF YOUR WRIST.
  HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...OR THE SIZE OF QUARTERS.
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING.
  FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING.

SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY

STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. $$

LAT...LON 3639 8223 3657 8218 3659 8253 3649 8255

DH

NWS Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 3, 3:05 PM EDT, 32 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
305 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AND
WASHINGTON AND RUSSELL COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA TILL 8 PM.

HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BE THE DOMINATE FEATURE THROUGH THE NEXT
FEW DAYS...HOWEVER WEAK TROFING FROM THE MID ATLANTIC INTO THE
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT.  THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE AIDED BY AFTERNOON
HEATING THEREFORE EXPECT THE STORMS TO PRIMARILY BE OF THE TYPICAL
AFTERNOON AND EVENING VARIETY.

NORTHWEST FLOW BY SUNDAY WILL BRING IN SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR AND HAVE
GONE WITH DRY EXCEPT THE FAVORED HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH ONLY
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THERE.

SCATTERED ACTIVITY CWA WIDE RETURNS MONDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY...TYPICAL SUMMERTIME.

CHA   70  93  70  93 /  40  40  40  30
TYS   68  91  68  91 /  40  40  40  30
TRI   65  89  65  89 /  60  40  40  30
OQT   67  90  67  90 /  40  40  40  30

.MRX...
NC...NONE.
TN...NONE.
VA...NONE.

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
326 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0315 PM    ELIZABETHTON              TN   WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02   CARTER                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

CAC

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.