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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2008, 9:48 PM EDT for Russell County, Virginia. It was in force for 57 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 6, 2008, 9:48 PM EDT (01:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2008, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Russell County, VA
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 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 6, 9:00 PM EDT, 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 9:00 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 8:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 832 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008 VAZ005-006-008-070130- RUSSELL-SCOTT-WASHINGTON- 832 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008 ...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE AFFECTING SOUTHERN RUSSELL...EASTERN SCOTT AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES... AT 827 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF ABINGDON...MOVING EAST AT 9 MPH. SMALL 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 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 6, 9:23 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 11:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Greene | 66 min |
| Jul 7, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Union | 38 min |
| Jul 7, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne | 45 min |
| Jul 7, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hawkins | 36 min |
| Jul 7, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne | 39 min |
| Jul 6, 9:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Russell | 69 min |
| Jul 7, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott | 53 min |
| Jul 6, 10:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 56 min |
| Jul 6, 11:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 45 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2008Every 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.