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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 394, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2006, 4:13 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Tennessee. 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
- Aug 6, 2006, 4:13 PM EDT (20:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2006, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jefferson County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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 Aug 6, 2:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 2:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 223 PM EDT SUN AUG 6 2006 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT AND MONDAY)...LITTLE CHANGE FORESEEN THROUGH THE SHORT TERM AS UPPER RIDGE PERSISTS OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. THUS MOSTLY PERSISTENCE FORECAST SEEMS THE MOST PRUDENT APPROACH. ANTICIPATE TYPICAL DIURNAL COVERAGE OF CONVECTION TOMORROW. AGAIN...GFS GUIDANCE POPS SEEM OVERDONE ESPECIALLY IN OUR NORTHEASTERN ZONES. THUS GENERALLY FOLLOWED NAM GUIDANCE AS IT APPEARS MORE REASONABLE. FOR TEMPS...GUIDANCE VALUES ARE GENERALLY CLOSE AND APPEAR REASONABLE BASED ON PERSISTENCE. STAYED CLOSE TO THE GFS GUIDANCE VALUES FOR THE MOST PART. .LONG TERM...(MON NIGHT THROUGH SUN)...A WEAK COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE REGION LATE TUESDAY/TUESDAY NIGHT. HOW FAR SOUTH THE FRONT MAKES IT BEFORE WASHING OUT IS PROBLEMATIC AS USUAL THIS TIME OF YEAR...BUT REGARDLESS THERE WILL NOT BE MUCH IN THE WAY OF LOW LEVEL DRYING/COOLING FOR OUR AREA. ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT FORECAST TO PUSH IN FRIDAY/FRIDAY NIGHT...ALTHOUGH TIMING VERY UNCERTAIN THAT FAR OUT. WILL GO WITH CHANCE POPS FOR THESE PERIODS...OTHERWISE JUST SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR MAINLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. GFS MOS TEMPS GENERALLY LOOK REASONABLE...SO JUST SOME MINOR TWEAKS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 74 94 73 93 / 10 20 20 30 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 72 93 72 90 / 10 30 20 40 OAK RIDGE, TN 73 94 72 90 / 10 30 20 40 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 69 89 68 87 / 20 40 30 40 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && LCM/LDW
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 5:30 AM EDT, 10 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 530 AM EDT SUN AUG 6 2006 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-071200- CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS- SULLIVAN-JOHNSON-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN- NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE- SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER- SOUTHEAST CARTER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT- BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE- SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK-EAST POLK-LEE- WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- 530 AM EDT SUN AUG 6 2006/430 AM CDT SUN AUG 6 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. MJB
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 4:00 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 400 PM EDT SUN AUG 6 2006 TNZ070-062100- JEFFERSON- 400 PM EDT SUN AUG 6 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 358 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER JEFFERSON COUNTY...WITH THE STRONGEST CELL NEAR DANDRIDGE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR MAY OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN DMG
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 4:04 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan | 49 min |
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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.