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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Morristown, TN

May 15, 2009Meigs County, Morgan County, Roane County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2009, 6:16 PM EDT for Meigs County, Morgan County, Roane 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: May 15, 2009, 6:16 PM EDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2009, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Meigs County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Roane County, TN

The radar

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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 May 15, 2:49 PM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 2:49 PM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 3:06 AM EDT, 15 hours 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 15, 5:18 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 15, 5:25 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 15, 5:26 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
526 PM EDT FRI MAY 15 2009

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

0510 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LOUDON                  35.74N 84.36W
05/15/2009                   LOUDON             TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN LOUDON.

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GRC

Local storm report, May 15, 5:38 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 15, 6:07 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
607 PM EDT FRI MAY 15 2009

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

0555 PM     HAIL             HALLS                   36.08N 83.93W
05/15/2009  E0.88 INCH       KNOX               TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

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Local storm report, May 15, 6:16 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
616 PM EDT FRI MAY 15 2009

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

0559 PM     HAIL             HALLS                   36.08N 83.93W
05/15/2009  E1.00 INCH       KNOX               TN   PUBLIC

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 8:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Blount, Bradley, Hamilton, Knox, Loudon, McMinn and 6 more	41 min
May 14, 9:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Blount, Bradley, Hamilton, Knox, Loudon, McMinn and 3 more	40 min
May 14, 9:39 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Carter, Johnson, Unicoi	3 hr
May 14, 10:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Bradley, McMinn, Meigs, Morgan, Rhea, Roane	3 hr
May 14, 11:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Hamilton	3 hr
May 15, 12:29 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Unicoi	3 hr
May 15, 1:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Morgan, Scott	63 min
May 15, 1:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Marion	3 hr
May 15, 1:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Bledsoe, Rhea	3 hr
May 15, 2:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Blount	3 hr
May 15, 2:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Polk	3 hr
May 15, 3:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Monroe	3 hr
May 15, 3:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Blount, Sevier	65 min
May 15, 3:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Blount, Knox, Sevier	3 hr
May 15, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Blount	48 min
May 15, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Blount, Knox, Loudon, Monroe	63 min
May 15, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Sevier	54 min
May 15, 5:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Loudon, Monroe	3 hr
May 15, 5:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Morgan	68 min
May 15, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Anderson, McMinn, Roane	60 min
May 15, 5:28 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Blount, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Monroe, Roane	3 hr
May 15, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Monroe	44 min
May 15, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Anderson, Knox, Union	61 min
May 15, 6:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie	58 min
May 15, 6:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	McMinn, Monroe	63 min
May 15, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Campbell, Claiborne	39 min
May 15, 6:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Knox	2 hr
May 15, 6:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock	40 min
May 15, 6:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Anderson, Campbell, Knox	28 min
May 15, 6:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	McMinn	118 min
May 15, 4:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cherokee, Clay	41 min
May 15, 5:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Clay	3 hr

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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.