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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2007, 3:46 PM CDT for Bledsoe County, Sequatchie County, Tennessee. It was in force for 44 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 18, 2007, 3:46 PM CDT (20:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2007, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bledsoe County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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 Jul 18, 2:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 2:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 322 AM EDT WED JUL 18 2007 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-190730- 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- 322 AM EDT WED JUL 18 2007 /222 AM CDT WED JUL 18 2007/ 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A COLD FRONT AND AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORHTWEST ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME THERE APPEARS TO BE POTENTIAL FOR ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER NETWORK ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 12:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 127 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2007 TNZ083>085-181830- MCMINN-MEIGS-RHEA- 127 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING MEIGS AND RHEA COUNTIES... AT 124 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRING CITY...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... DECATUR BY 155 PM EDT. WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION TO GUSTY WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES PRIMARY KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. 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 DH
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 1:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 203 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2007 TNZ016-039-040-042-070-181900- HAMBLEN-HAWKINS-JEFFERSON-NORTHWEST COCKE-NORTHWEST GREENE- 203 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING COCKE...GREENE...HAMBLEN... HAWKINS AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES... AT 158 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ROGERSVILLE TO RUTLEDGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... RUSSELLVILLE BY 235 PM EDT. NEW MARKET BY 250 PM EDT. MORRISTOWN BY 255 PM EDT. 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF JEFFERSON CITY BY 300 PM EDT. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION TO SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES PRIMARY KILLERS. REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. 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 DH
Local storm report, Jul 18, 1:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
234 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0215 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 SE RUTLEDGE 36.22N 83.46W
07/18/2007 GRAINGER TN TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON AND AOLNG HIGHWAY 375.
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FERRELLSpecial weather statement, Jul 18, 2:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Grainger | 42 min |
| Jul 18, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamblen, Jefferson | 51 min |
| Jul 18, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Greene | 67 min |
| Jul 18, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion | 48 min |
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007
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.