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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 284, NWS Morristown, TN

November 29, 2005Washington County, Virginia

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 29, 2005, 4:56 AM EST for Washington County, Virginia. It was in force for 34 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: Nov 29, 2005, 4:56 AM EST (09:56 UTC)
Expired: Nov 29, 2005, 5:30 AM EST
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Washington County, VA

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:56 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 Nov 29, 3:23 AM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 29, 3:23 AM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 29, 12:02 AM EST, 4 hours 54 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1202 AM EST TUE NOV 29 2005

NCZ060-061-290600-
CHEROKEE-CLAY-
1202 AM EST TUE NOV 29 2005

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING CHEROKEE AND CLAY COUNTIES...

AT MIDNIGHT EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLUE RIDGE....MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HAYESVILLE BY 1245 AM EST.

WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THESE WINDS COULD
BLOW DOWN LIMBS OR WEAK TREES...AND OVERTURN UNSECURED OUTDOOR
OBJECTS.

DGS

Special weather statement, Nov 29, 12:37 AM EST, 4 hours 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 29, 3:14 AM EST, 1 hour 42 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
Nov 29, 12:31 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hancock	29 min

Nearby

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

Sources

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