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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Morristown, TN

January 29, 200811 counties in Tennessee; Lee County, Wise County, Virginia; Cherokee County, North Carolina

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 29, 2008, 11:36 PM EST for 11 counties in Tennessee; Lee County, Wise County, Virginia; Cherokee County, North Carolina. 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: Jan 29, 2008, 11:36 PM EST (04:36 UTC)
Expired: Jan 30, 2008, 12:15 AM EST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cherokee County, NC, Blount County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Polk County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Lee County, VA, Wise County, VA

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jan 29, 8:12 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 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 Jan 29, 7:18 PM EST, 4 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 7:18 PM EST, 4 hours 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 29, 4:29 AM EST, 19 hours 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 29, 10:42 PM EST, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1042 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008

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

1015 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PIKEVILLE               35.61N 85.20W
01/29/2008                   BLEDSOE            TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN PIKEVILLE. DOORS BLOWN OFF OF
            BUILDINGS. REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

&&

GRC

Local storm report, Jan 29, 10:56 PM EST, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1056 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008

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

1025 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WARTBURG                36.10N 84.59W
01/29/2008                   MORGAN             TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. REPORTED BY
            DISPATCH.

&&

GRC

Local storm report, Jan 29, 11:00 PM EST, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1100 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008

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

1045 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WARTBURG                36.10N 84.59W
01/29/2008                   MORGAN             TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MORE TREES DOWN...NUMEROUS...ACROSS THE COUNTY. REPORTED
            BY DISPATCH.

&&

GRC

Local storm report, Jan 29, 11:21 PM EST, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1121 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008

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

1110 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 SW CLINTON            36.03N 84.21W
01/29/2008                   ANDERSON           TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREE DOWN IN MARLOW. TREE DOWN ON A HOME IN
            MARLOW. REPORTED BY DISPATCH.

&&

GRC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 29, 7:11 PM EST	High Wind Warning	MRX	Blount, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Johnson, Monroe and 3 more	12 hr
Jan 29, 9:43 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Hamilton, Marion, Morgan, Rhea, Scott and 1 more	47 min
Jan 29, 10:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Anderson, Bledsoe, Bradley, Campbell, Claiborne, Hamilton and 13 more	36 min
Jan 29, 10:58 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Anderson, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger and 9 more	47 min
Jan 30, 12:07 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson and 1 more	38 min
Jan 30, 12:35 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Carter, Cocke, Greene, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi and 1 more	40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2008 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2008 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2008 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.