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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Morristown, TN

May 14, 2010Meigs County, Rhea County, Roane County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2010, 5:46 PM EDT for Meigs County, Rhea 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 14, 2010, 5:46 PM EDT (21:46 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2010, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Meigs County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Roane County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 14, 12:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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 May 14, 5:17 PM EDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 5:17 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 3:57 AM EDT, 13 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
357 AM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-150900-
CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS-
SULLIVAN-JOHNSON-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-
NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE-
SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER-
SOUTHEAST CARTER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT-
BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-
SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK-EAST POLK-LEE-
WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON-
357 AM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010 /257 AM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SAG SOUTH INTO THE REGION TODAY. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED...AND SOME OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON WITH DAMAGING WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN THE FORECAST
THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. SOME OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...ESPECIALLY ON SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AT TIMES TODAY AND THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 14, 4:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
401 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010

TNZ012-142100-
SCOTT TN-
401 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SCOTT COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM EDT...

AT 356 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUNTSVILLE...OR 11 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ONEIDA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ONEIDA...
HUNTSVILLE...WINFIELD AND KETCHEN.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TG
Local storm report, May 14, 4:52 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
452 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010

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

0448 PM     HAIL             HUNTSVILLE              36.41N 84.49W
05/14/2010  E0.88 INCH       SCOTT              TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

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Local storm report, May 14, 5:14 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 14, 5:32 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 14, 5:35 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 14, 5:43 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMorgan, Scott39 min
May 14, 4:25 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXAnderson, Bledsoe, Campbell, Morgan, Roane, Scott4 hr
May 14, 4:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMRXBledsoe118 min
May 14, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMorgan, Roane45 min
May 14, 4:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMRXCampbell, Scott3 hr
May 14, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCampbell, Morgan, Scott52 min
May 14, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMeigs, Rhea40 min
May 14, 6:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBledsoe, Rhea3 hr
May 14, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXLoudon, Meigs, Roane45 min
May 14, 6:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXMeigs, Roane3 hr
May 14, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMcMinn, Meigs34 min
May 14, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXLee, Wise67 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.