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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Morristown, TN

April 8, 2006Blount County, Sevier County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2006, 1:41 AM EDT for Blount County, Sevier County, Tennessee. It was in force for 49 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 8, 2006, 1:41 AM EDT (05:41 UTC)
Expired: Apr 8, 2006, 2:30 AM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Blount County, TN, Sevier 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, 9:20 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 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, 7:15 PM EDT, 6 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 7:15 PM EDT, 6 hours 26 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, 5:00 AM EDT, 20 hours 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 7, 10:19 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 7, 10:31 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1031 PM EDT FRI APR 07 2006

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

1000 PM     HAIL             9 E MONTEAGLE           35.23N 85.67W
04/07/2006  E0.88 INCH       MARION             TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NICKEL SIZED HAIL ON HIGHWAY 41 NEAR OAK GROVE. REPORTED
            BY EMERGENCY MANAGER.

&&

FEF/MEP

Special weather statement, Apr 7, 10:37 PM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1037 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

TNZ017-044-046-080315-
NORTHWEST CARTER-SULLIVAN-WASHINGTON-
1037 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CARTER...SULLIVAN AND
WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 1035 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GRAY....MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE TRI-CITIES
AIRPORT...BLUFF CITY...AND BRISTOL.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA.

DGS

Special weather statement, Apr 7, 10:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 7, 11:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1113 PM EDT FRI APR 07 2006

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

0911 PM     HAIL             8 NW DUNLAP             35.45N 85.49W
04/07/2006  E0.75 INCH       SEQUATCHIE         TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            DIME TO PENNY HAIL ON CAGLE MTN. REPORTED BY SHERIFFS
            OFFICE.

1016 PM     HAIL             6 SW DUNLAP             35.31N 85.46W
04/07/2006  E1.75 INCH       SEQUATCHIE         TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL ON DAUS MTN. REPORTED BY SHERIFFS
            OFFICE.

&&

FEF/MEP

Local storm report, Apr 8, 1:23 AM EDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
123 AM EDT SAT APR 08 2006

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

0115 AM     HAIL             CHATTANOOGA             35.07N 85.26W
04/08/2006  E1.00 INCH       HAMILTON           TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR EAST RIDGE, TN

&&

CAC

The office that day

Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 7, 8:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Grainger, Knox, Union	52 min
Apr 7, 8:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Bledsoe	49 min
Apr 7, 8:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Anderson, Morgan	38 min
Apr 7, 8:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Grainger, Knox, Union	54 min
Apr 7, 8:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Sequatchie	31 min
Apr 7, 9:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Grainger, Hamblen	50 min
Apr 7, 9:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bledsoe	13 min
Apr 7, 9:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Marion	55 min
Apr 7, 9:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Greene, Hawkins	43 min
Apr 7, 10:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Sequatchie	36 min
Apr 7, 10:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hamilton	46 min
Apr 7, 11:26 PM EDT	Flood Watch	MRX	Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter and 27 more	8 hr
Apr 8, 12:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hamilton, Marion	50 min
Apr 8, 1:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley	27 min
Apr 8, 1:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Polk	42 min
Apr 8, 2:02 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hamblen, Jefferson	28 min
Apr 8, 2:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hawkins	41 min
Apr 7, 8:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Washington	27 min
Apr 7, 8:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Russell	16 min
Apr 8, 1:53 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cherokee	52 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.