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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 184, NWS Morristown, TN

July 8, 2008Morgan County, Roane County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2008, 1:24 PM EDT for Morgan County, Roane County, Tennessee. It was in force for 23 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 8, 2008, 1:24 PM EDT (17:24 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2008, 1:47 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Morgan County, TN, Roane County, TN

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 8, 10:00 AM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 10:00 AM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 8, 11:37 AM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 1:16 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
116 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008

TNZ035-036-067-081800-
ANDERSON-MORGAN-ROANE-
116 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE AFFECTING ANDERSON...MORGAN AND
ROANE COUNTIES...

AT 113 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF KINGSTON...MOVING EAST AT 14
MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OAK RIDGE BY 200 PM EDT.

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 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.

DGS

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 1:22 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
122 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008

VAZ002-081745-
WISE-
122 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE AFFECTING WISE COUNTY...

AT 117 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR JENKINS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 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.

DGS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 3:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Greene	39 min
Jul 8, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Carter, Johnson, Unicoi, Washington	25 min
Jul 8, 4:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Carter, Washington	3 hr
Jul 8, 5:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Polk	3 hr

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Sources

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