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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 360, NWS Morristown, TN

July 21, 2006Clay County, North Carolina

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2006, 10:13 PM EDT for Clay County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 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: Jul 21, 2006, 10:13 PM EDT (02:13 UTC)
Expired: Jul 21, 2006, 11:00 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Clay County, NC

The radar

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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
Jul 21, 8:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 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 Jul 21, 7:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 7:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
700 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006

.DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE
MRX CWA THIS EVENING.  OUR AIR MASS REMAINS WEAK TO MODERATELY
UNSTABLE WITH DECENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND NUMEROUS OLD CONVECTIVE
BOUNDARIES IN PLACE.  MAIN LINE OF CONVECTION CURRENTLY OVER MIDDLE
KY AND TN WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING.  SOME
DIMINISHING OF STORMS IS EXPECTED WITH SUNSET...HOWEVER...A FEW
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE.  A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS IN EFFECT OVER A PORTION OF EAST TENNESSEE
THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN             73  87  68  86 /  40  60  40  20
KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN  72  85  67  85 /  60  70  40  20
OAK RIDGE, TN                       72  84  66  84 /  60  70  40  20
TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN              68  83  64  82 /  60  70  60  20

&&

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

MJB

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 5:05 AM EDT, 17 hours 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 21, 5:21 PM EDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 21, 6:05 PM EDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
605 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006

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

0459 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LA FOLLETTE             36.37N 84.13W
07/21/2006                   CAMPBELL           TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ON CEDAR CREEK ROAD AND DEMORY ROAD.

&&

DGS

Special weather statement, Jul 21, 6:19 PM EDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
619 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006

TNZ035-212315-
MORGAN-
619 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006

...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MORGAN COUNTY...

A LARGE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING OVERTON COUNTY  AND
FENTRESS COUNTY WILL MOVE EAST. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN MORGAN
COUNTY BETWEEN 700 PM EDT AND 730 PM EDT.

DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...MAY OCCUR WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

PEOPLE IN MORGAN COUNTY...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
SATURDAY MORNING FOR EAST TENNESSEE.

DGS

Special weather statement, Jul 21, 6:38 PM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 7:38 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 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 21, 8:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Anderson, Knox, Loudon, Roane	66 min
Jul 21, 8:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hamilton, Marion, Meigs, Rhea, Sequatchie	40 min
Jul 21, 8:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Blount	54 min
Jul 21, 8:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley, McMinn	38 min
Jul 21, 9:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Monroe	55 min
Jul 21, 9:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Polk	35 min
Jul 21, 9:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cherokee	61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2006 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.