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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 197

April 22, 2005Swain County, North Carolina; 13 counties in Tennessee; 8 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 22, 2005, 9:05 PM EDT for Swain County, North Carolina; 13 counties in Tennessee; 8 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 2005, 9:05 PM EDT (01:05 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2005, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 22 counties

Swain County, NC, Carter County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Greene County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Unicoi County, TN, Washington County, TN, Buchanan County, VA, City of Bristol, VA, City of Norton, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Lee County, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Wise County, VA

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Warnings issued inside it

5 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 9:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXJefferson51 min
Apr 22, 9:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHamblen54 min
Apr 22, 9:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHawkins39 min
Apr 22, 9:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCocke, Greene, Jefferson63 min
Apr 22, 10:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGreene, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington43 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 1:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCGranville, Halifax, Northampton, Person, Vance, Warren7 hr
Apr 23, 3:17 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBertie, Camden, Chowan, Franklin, Gates, Halifax and 6 more88 min
Apr 23, 4:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Craven, Currituck and 10 more94 min
Apr 23, 7:16 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCamden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank and 1 more59 min
Apr 22, 8:59 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Greene, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington31 min
Apr 22, 11:18 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGreene, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington57 min
Apr 23, 12:35 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbemarle, Amelia, Appomattox, Arlington, Buckingham, Caroline and 39 more115 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Tennessee, 2005Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, 2005Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North Carolina, 2005Every severe thunderstorm watch 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.