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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Morristown, TN

May 20, 2006Union County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2006, 1:10 AM EDT for Union County, Tennessee. It was in force for 50 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, 2006, 1:10 AM EDT (05:10 UTC)
Expired: May 20, 2006, 2:00 AM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Union County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 20, 12:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

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 19, 9:00 PM EDT, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 9:00 PM EDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
900 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 2006

.DISCUSSION...NO CHANGES. CURRENT FORECAST APPEARS TO BE ON TRACK AS
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS REMAIN IN NORTHWEST FLOW BEHIND DEPARTING
UPPER LOW CURRENTLY OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES. ANTICIPATE A
SERIES OF WEAK WAVES TRANSLATING THROUGH THIS NORTHWEST FLOW TO
TRIGGER SCATTERED CONVECTION THROUGH THE FIRST PERIOD. TEMPS APPEAR
REASONABLE BASED ON TRENDS AND LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE.

&&

.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...NONE.
TN...NONE.
VA...NONE.
&&

LCM

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 20, 12:45 AM EDT, 25 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
May 19, 11:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Scott	33 min
May 20, 12:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Knox	43 min
May 20, 12:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Sevier	54 min
May 20, 12:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Anderson	52 min
May 20, 12:24 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Scott	51 min
May 20, 12:38 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Campbell	52 min
May 20, 1:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Knox	22 min
May 20, 1:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bledsoe	24 min
May 20, 2:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Sequatchie	21 min
May 20, 2:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Meigs, Rhea	29 min
May 20, 2:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hamilton	32 min
May 20, 2:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Meigs, Rhea	33 min
May 20, 2:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley, McMinn	22 min
May 20, 3:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Bradley	16 min
May 20, 3:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Bradley	31 min
May 20, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Blount, Knox	44 min
May 20, 3:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Polk	50 min
May 20, 3:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Blount	48 min
May 20, 4:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Knox, Sevier	43 min
May 20, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley, Polk	43 min
May 20, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cocke, Sevier	33 min
May 20, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Blount	26 min
May 20, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Sevier	34 min
May 20, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Greene	22 min
May 20, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Unicoi, Washington	24 min
May 20, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley	29 min
May 20, 6:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Marion, Sequatchie	28 min
May 20, 7:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hamilton	43 min
May 20, 7:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Marion	24 min
May 20, 7:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Jefferson	36 min

Nearby

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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.