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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS Morristown, TN

May 20, 2005Sevier County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2005, 1:49 AM EDT for Sevier County, Tennessee. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 20, 2005, 1:49 AM EDT (05:49 UTC)
Expired: May 20, 2005, 2:30 AM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sevier County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 19, 10:05 PM EDT, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 10:05 PM EDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 5:02 AM EDT, 20 hours 47 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 20, 12:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hancock	17 min
May 20, 12:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Grainger, Union	23 min
May 20, 1:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hawkins	15 min
May 20, 1:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Scott	19 min
May 20, 1:38 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Grainger, Knox	22 min
May 20, 1:44 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Jefferson	46 min
May 20, 2:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Knox	20 min
May 20, 2:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Rhea, Roane	52 min
May 20, 2:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Morgan	36 min
May 20, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Morgan, Roane	48 min
May 20, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Meigs, Rhea	62 min
May 20, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	McMinn, Meigs, Rhea	40 min
May 20, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hancock, Hawkins	49 min
May 20, 12:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Lee	16 min
May 20, 1:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Washington	41 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.