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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 171, NWS Morristown, TN

July 1, 2005Monroe County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2005, 3:19 PM EDT for Monroe County, Tennessee. It was in force for 56 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
Jul 1, 2005, 3:19 PM EDT (19:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2005, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Monroe County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 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 Jul 1, 9:55 AM EDT, 5 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 9:55 AM EDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 4:00 AM EDT, 11 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
400 AM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005-
006-008-020830-
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-
400 AM EDT (300 AM CDT) FRI JUL 1 2005

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

.DAY ONE (TODAY AND TONIGHT)...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
THE AREA THIS MORNING...AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE DURING THE AFTERNOON
INTO THE EVENING HOURS.  A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE.  THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING
WINDS...HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME
LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

A COLD FRONT WILL PASS SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION BY SATURDAY MORNING
...RESULTING IN DRY WEATHER FOR BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.  A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...RETURNS
TO THE FORECAST ON THE FOURTH OF JULY.

THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD WILL BE A TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN
...WITH MAINLY A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING EACH DAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED IN A FEW AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

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

TG

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 1:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 1, 1:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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Local storm report, Jul 1, 1:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
150 PM EDT FRI JUL 01 2005

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

0109 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SSW PIKEVILLE         35.57N 85.22W
07/01/2005                   BLEDSOE            TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            1 TREE DOWN ACROSS MCRENOLDS ROAD. REPORTED BY DISPATCH.

0115 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DUNLAP                  35.37N 85.39W
07/01/2005                   SEQUATCHIE         TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FROM 115 PM THROUGH 125 PM EDT...NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
            COUNTYWIDE. REPORTED BY DISPATCH.

&&

FERRELL
Local storm report, Jul 1, 3:16 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
316 PM EDT FRI JUL 01 2005

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

0109 PM     TSTM WND DMG     13 SW PIKEVILLE         35.47N 85.36W
07/01/2005                   BLEDSOE            TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            2 TREES DOWN ACROSS MCWILLIAMS ROAD...ONE NORTH AND ONE
            SOUTH OF INTERSECTION WITH HIGHWAY 127. REPORTED BY
            DISPATCH.

&&

FERRELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 1:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie57 min
Jul 1, 1:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMorgan, Roane, Scott44 min
Jul 1, 1:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHamilton, Meigs, Rhea52 min
Jul 1, 2:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMorgan, Roane, Scott47 min
Jul 1, 2:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBradley, McMinn59 min
Jul 1, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCampbell, Claiborne66 min
Jul 1, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHamilton, Meigs37 min
Jul 1, 2:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson, Union60 min
Jul 1, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXPolk65 min
Jul 1, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXKnox, Loudon58 min
Jul 1, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMcMinn23 min
Jul 1, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBlount54 min
Jul 1, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGrainger60 min
Jul 1, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHamblen, Jefferson53 min
Jul 1, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXWashington43 min
Jul 1, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXSullivan26 min
Jul 1, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXWise, City of Norton66 min
Jul 1, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXRussell, Scott54 min
Jul 1, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCherokee54 min
Jul 1, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXClay33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.