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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Morristown, TN

May 20, 2005McMinn County, Meigs County, Rhea County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2005, 4:45 PM EDT for McMinn County, Meigs County, Rhea County, Tennessee. It was in force for 40 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, 4:45 PM EDT (20:45 UTC)
Expired
May 20, 2005, 5:25 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Rhea County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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 20, 3:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 3:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 20, 3:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
322 PM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0315 PM     HAIL             OAKDALE                 35.99N 84.56W
05/20/2005  1.00 INCH        MORGAN             TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT OAKDALE. REPORTED BY DISPATCH.

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GRC
Special weather statement, May 20, 3:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 20, 3:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
TNZ071-202000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...NO SEVERE WATCH IN EFFECT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
335 PM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005

AT 325 PM EDT A THIN FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED NEAR MCGHEE-TYSON
AIRPORT...SOUTH OF KNOXVILLE...FROM A GROWING THUNDERSTORM.  THE
FUNNEL HAS DISSIPATED.  RADAR AND SPOTTERS HAVE NOT NOTED ORGANIZED
STORM-SCALE ROTATION WITH THIS STORM.  THIS STORM IS BEING MONITORED
CLOSELY AS IT MOVES TO THE SOUTH AT 20 MPH THROUGH SOUTHERN BLOUNT
COUNTY.
Special weather statement, May 20, 3:51 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 20, 4:05 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 20, 12:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHancock17 min
May 20, 12:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGrainger, Union23 min
May 20, 1:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHawkins15 min
May 20, 1:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXScott19 min
May 20, 1:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGrainger, Knox22 min
May 20, 1:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXJefferson46 min
May 20, 1:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXSevier41 min
May 20, 2:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXKnox20 min
May 20, 2:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXLoudon, McMinn, Meigs, Rhea, Roane52 min
May 20, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMorgan36 min
May 20, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMorgan, Roane48 min
May 20, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMeigs, Rhea62 min
May 20, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHancock, Hawkins49 min
May 20, 12:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXLee16 min
May 20, 1:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXWashington41 min

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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.