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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 198, NWS Morristown, TN

August 29, 2007Hamilton County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2007, 3:28 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 39 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 29, 2007, 3:28 PM EDT (19:28 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2007, 4:07 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hamilton County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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 29, 2:44 PM EDT, 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 2:44 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 29, 4:41 AM EDT, 10 hours 47 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 29, 2:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 29, 2:28 PM EDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
228 PM EDT WED AUG 29 2007

TNZ017-VAZ005-008-291930-
SCOTT-SULLIVAN-WASHINGTON-
228 PM EDT WED AUG 29 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING CITY OF BRISTOL...
SCOTT...SULLIVAN AND WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 222 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF GATE CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 10 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

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
THIS THUNDERSTORM. 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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXSullivan54 min

Nearby

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.