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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Morristown, TN

April 7, 2006Sequatchie County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 2006, 7:59 PM CDT for Sequatchie County, Tennessee. It was in force for 31 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: Apr 7, 2006, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
Expired: Apr 7, 2006, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sequatchie County, TN

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
Apr 7, 2:08 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 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 Apr 7, 6:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 6:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
715 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

.DISCUSSION...LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED IN
ADVANCE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE AREA.  THE STORMS
WILL TRACK INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION THIS
EVENING...PUSHING THROUGH THE MRX CWA THROUGHOUT THE EVENING AND
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.  THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND THERE IS
POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOS.  A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THOUGH
11 PM EDT.  SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER INTO THE
INTO SATURDAY MORNING WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE EXPECTED AROUND THE
MID MORNING TIME FRAME.  STRONG COLD ADVECTION WILL PUSH IN BEHIND
THE FRONT SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN             59  65  41  68 / 100  80   0   0
KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN  58  61  38  64 / 100  90  10   0
OAK RIDGE, TN                       57  60  36  65 / 100  90  10   0
TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN              54  58  33  62 / 100 100  10   0

&&

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

MJB

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 4:00 AM CDT, 15 hours 59 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 7, 5:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
626 PM EDT FRI APR 07 2006

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

0605 PM     HAIL             3 SW JELLICO            36.55N 84.17W
04/07/2006  E1.75 INCH       CAMPBELL           TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL COVERING THE GROUND IN NEWCOMB.
            REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER.

&&

FEF/MEP

Local storm report, Apr 7, 5:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 7, 6:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 7, 6:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
738 PM EDT FRI APR 07 2006

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

0725 PM     HAIL             3 S WARTBURG            36.06N 84.59W
04/07/2006  E1.00 INCH       MORGAN             TN   AMATEUR RADIO

            QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN THE MOSSY GROVE AREA. REPORTED BY
            AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR.

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Local storm report, Apr 7, 6:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
756 PM EDT FRI APR 07 2006

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

0747 PM     HAIL             GATE CITY               36.64N 82.58W
04/07/2006  E1.00 INCH       SCOTT              VA   AMATEUR RADIO

            QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN GATE CITY. REPORTED BY AMATEUR
            RADIO OPERATOR.

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Local storm report, Apr 7, 7:08 PM CDT, 51 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
Apr 7, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Grainger, Knox, Union	52 min
Apr 7, 7:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Bledsoe	49 min
Apr 7, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Anderson, Morgan	38 min
Apr 7, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Grainger, Knox, Union	54 min
Apr 7, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Grainger, Hamblen	50 min
Apr 7, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bledsoe	13 min
Apr 7, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Marion	55 min
Apr 7, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Greene, Hawkins	43 min
Apr 7, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Sequatchie	36 min
Apr 7, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hamilton	46 min
Apr 7, 10:26 PM CDT	Flood Watch	MRX	Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter and 27 more	8 hr
Apr 7, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hamilton, Marion	50 min
Apr 8, 12:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley	27 min
Apr 8, 12:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Polk	42 min
Apr 8, 12:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Blount, Sevier	49 min
Apr 8, 1:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hamblen, Jefferson	28 min
Apr 8, 1:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hawkins	41 min
Apr 7, 7:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Washington	27 min
Apr 7, 7:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Russell	16 min
Apr 8, 12:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cherokee	52 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 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.