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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Morristown, TN

May 26, 2006Hawkins County, Sullivan County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2006, 3:25 PM EDT for Hawkins County, Sullivan County, Tennessee. It was in force for 35 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 26, 2006, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2006, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hawkins County, TN, Sullivan County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 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 May 26, 2:50 PM EDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 2:50 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 5:30 AM EDT, 9 hours 55 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 11:04 AM EDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1104 AM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006

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

0200 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S JELLICO             36.55N 84.13W
05/26/2006                   CAMPBELL           TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FEW TREES DOWN IN THE SANDY BEACH AREA.

0220 AM     TSTM WND DMG     10 W TAZEWELL           36.46N 83.76W
05/26/2006                   CLAIBORNE          TN   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            FEW TREES DOWN.

0230 AM     TSTM WND DMG     TAZEWELL                36.46N 83.58W
05/26/2006                   CLAIBORNE          TN   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            FEW TREES DOWN.

0230 AM     TSTM WND DMG     EWING                   36.63N 83.43W
05/26/2006                   LEE                VA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FEW TREES DOWN.

0240 AM     TSTM WND DMG     COEBURN                 36.95N 82.47W
05/26/2006                   WISE               VA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FEW TREES DOWN.

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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 26, 1:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Campbell, Scott	57 min
May 26, 2:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Claiborne	52 min
May 26, 3:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Washington	48 min
May 26, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Greene, Hawkins	30 min
May 26, 4:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Carter	42 min
May 26, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Johnson	19 min
May 26, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley, Hamilton	47 min
May 26, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Greene, Washington	30 min
May 26, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Unicoi	37 min
May 26, 7:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hawkins	20 min
May 26, 7:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Greene	37 min
May 26, 5:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Russell	35 min
May 26, 6:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Washington	41 min
May 26, 7:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Russell, Washington	31 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.