Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Morristown, TN

Issued

Jul 5, 2004, 5:53 PM EDT (21:53 UTC)

Expired

Jul 5, 2004, 7:00 PM EDT

In force

67 min

Issued by

NWS Morristown, TN

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Campbell County, TN, Scott County, TN

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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.

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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WUUS54 KMRX 052153
SVRMRX
TNC013-151-052300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
553 PM EDT MON JUL 5 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CAMPBELL COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE
  SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 551 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF KETCHEN TO 9
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF SMOKEY JUNCTION...OR FROM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  WILLIAMSBURG TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF WARTBURG...MOVING EAST AT 20
  MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  NORMA AROUND 600 PM EDT
  SMOKEY JUNCTION AROUND 605 PM EDT
  JELLICO AROUND 610 PM EDT
  JACKSBORO AROUND 620 PM EDT
  WHITE OAK AROUND 630 PM EDT
  FINCASTLE AROUND 640 PM EDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  WINDS UP TO 70 MPH...WHICH COULD PUSH OVER SHALLOW ROOTED TREES...
  AND DAMAGE CHIMNEYS AND TV ANTENNAS.
  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.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING.

LAT...LON 3662 8440 3623 8453 3618 8438 3628 8398
      3659 8392

$$

NWS Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 5, 4:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
405 PM EDT MON JUL  5 2004

.UPDATE DISCUSSION...HAVE ISSUED ZONES WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH HEADLINES. NO UPDATE ON ZONES, JUST ON THIS DISCUSSION. MAIN
THREAT IS DAMAGING WINDS, THOUGH SOME HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN  71  93  70  88 /  50  30  20  40
KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN  71  91  70  87 /  70  30  20  40
OAK RIDGE, TN  70  91  69  86 /  70  30  20  40
TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN  66  89  65  85 /  60  30  20  40

&&

.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...NONE.
TN...NONE.
VA...NONE.

&&

BB

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
605 AM EDT MON JUL 5 2004

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005-
006-008-061000-
ANDERSON-BLEDSOE-BLOUNT SMOKY MTN-BRADLEY-CAMPBELL-CHEROKEE-
CLAIBORNE-CLAY-COCKE SMOKY MTN-EAST POLK-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-HAMILTON-
HANCOCK-HAWKINS-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-KNOX-LEE-LOUDON-MARION-MCMINN-
MEIGS-MORGAN-NORTH SEVIER-NORTHWEST CARTER-NORTHWEST COCKE-
NORTHWEST GREENE-NORTHWEST MONROE-NW BLOUNT-RHEA-ROANE-RUSSELL-
SCOTT TN-SCOTT VA-SEQUATCHIE-SEVIER SMOKY MTN-SOUTHEAST CARTER-
SOUTHEAST GREENE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-SULLIVAN-UNICOI-UNION-
WASHINGTON TN-WASHINGTON VA-WEST POLK-WISE-
605 AM EDT (505 AM CDT) MON JUL 5 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE (TODAY AND TONIGHT)...

THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR A FEW ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)...

A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY BRINGING THE
POSSIBILITY OF A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL
AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND WEDNESDAY.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MRX.

DMG

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.