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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 220, NWS Morristown, TN

July 28, 2005Washington County, Virginia

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2005, 5:16 PM EDT for Washington County, Virginia. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jul 28, 2005, 5:16 PM EDT (21:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2005, 6:06 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Washington County, VA

The radar

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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 28, 3:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 3:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 5:17 AM EDT, 11 hours 59 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 28, 11:57 AM EDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 28, 12:00 PM EDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1200 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005

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

0450 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 S POUND               37.11N 82.61W
07/27/2005                   WISE               VA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FEW TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 23

0500 PM     HAIL             JACKSBORO               36.33N 84.19W
07/27/2005  0.88 INCH        CAMPBELL           TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0520 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PIKEVILLE               35.61N 85.20W
07/27/2005                   BLEDSOE            TN   UTILITY COMPANY

            VOLUNTEER ELECTRIC REPORTED 5 POWER OUTAGES DUE TO TREES
            DOWN ON POWER LINES IN EXTREME EASTERN PORTION OF COUNTY.

0530 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DAYTON                  35.49N 85.01W
07/27/2005                   RHEA               TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.

0530 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 NE DECATUR            35.60N 84.70W
07/27/2005                   MEIGS              TN   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

0540 PM     HAIL             NORRIS DAM STATE PARK   36.24N 84.12W
07/27/2005  0.75 INCH        CAMPBELL           TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0545 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SHARPS CHAPEL           36.34N 83.81W
07/27/2005                   UNION              TN   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            TREES DOWN IN SHARPS CHAPEL AREA.

0545 PM     TSTM WND DMG     KYLES FORD              36.57N 83.04W
07/27/2005                   HANCOCK            TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FEW TREES DOWN.

0600 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CLINTON                 36.09N 84.13W
07/27/2005                   ANDERSON           TN   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            5 TREES DOWN ON ROADS IN BRICEVILLE AND BEECH GROVE
            AREAS.

0600 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HILTONS                 36.65N 82.47W
07/27/2005                   SCOTT              VA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FEW TREES DOWN.

0605 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TEN MILE                35.67N 84.67W
07/27/2005                   MEIGS              TN   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN TEM MILE AREA.

0615 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NIOTA                   35.51N 84.55W
07/27/2005                   MCMINN             TN   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            ONE TREE DOWN AND SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS DOWN ON POWER LINES
            NEAR NIOTA.

0615 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HARRIMAN                35.93N 84.56W
07/27/2005                   ROANE              TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FEW TREES DOWN NORTH HALF OF COUNTY.

0620 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SWEETWATER              35.60N 84.47W
07/27/2005                   MONROE             TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN.

0630 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LENOIR CITY             35.80N 84.27W
07/27/2005                   LOUDON             TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.

0650 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NE ELIZABETHTON       36.39N 82.17W
07/27/2005                   CARTER             TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FEW TREES DOWN.

0700 PM     TSTM WND DMG     KNOXVILLE               35.97N 83.95W
07/27/2005                   KNOX               TN   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.

0700 PM     HAIL             6 SW MOUNTAIN CITY      36.41N 81.88W
07/27/2005  0.75 INCH        JOHNSON            TN   AMATEUR RADIO

0705 PM     TSTM WND GST     MARYVILLE               35.75N 83.97W
07/27/2005  60 MPH           BLOUNT             TN   AMATEUR RADIO

            60 MPH WINDS NEAR FOOTHILLS MALL.

0710 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ALCOA                   35.79N 83.98W
07/27/2005                   BLOUNT             TN   AMATEUR RADIO

            FEW TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THE SPRINGBROOK PARK
            AREA.

0720 PM     TSTM WND DMG     8 N JASPER              35.18N 85.63W
07/27/2005                   MARION             TN   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            FEW TREES DOWN ON HWY 41 NEAR MILE MARKER 29. REPORTED BY
            TDOT.

0720 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SALE CREEK              35.38N 85.11W
07/27/2005                   HAMILTON           TN   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON COLEMAN ROAD IN SALE CREEK AREA.

0730 PM     TSTM WND DMG     10 SE ELIZABETHTON      36.24N 82.11W
07/27/2005                   CARTER             TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FEW TREES DOWN.

0740 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 ESE TOWNSEND          35.67N 83.72W
07/27/2005                   BLOUNT             TN   PARK/FOREST SRVC

            FEW TREES DOWN.

0745 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 S KNOXVILLE           35.92N 83.95W
07/27/2005                   KNOX               TN   AMATEUR RADIO

            ROOF OFF HOME AT INTERSECTION OF ODELL AND CARVER.

0800 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 S GATLINBURG          35.68N 83.49W
07/27/2005                   SEVIER             TN   PARK/FOREST SRVC

            FEW TREES DOWN.

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TG/MEP

Local storm report, Jul 28, 4:27 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 28, 4:55 PM EDT, 21 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
Jul 28, 3:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hamilton	24 min
Jul 28, 3:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Unicoi, Washington	48 min
Jul 28, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Carter	47 min
Jul 28, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Greene, Washington	48 min
Jul 28, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Sequatchie	30 min
Jul 28, 6:28 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Hawkins	4 hr
Jul 28, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Russell	43 min
Jul 28, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Russell	30 min
Jul 28, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Scott	48 min
Jul 28, 5:50 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Scott	3 hr
Jul 28, 7:16 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Wise, City of Norton	119 min

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2005 Every 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.