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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Morristown, TN

June 15, 2010Meigs County, Rhea County, Roane County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2010, 1:07 PM EDT for Meigs County, Rhea County, Roane County, Tennessee. It was in force for 53 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
Jun 15, 2010, 1:07 PM EDT (17:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2010, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
53 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 17:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Jun 15, 9:45 AM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 9:45 AM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 5:00 AM EDT, 8 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
500 AM EDT TUE JUN 15 2010

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-161000-
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-
500 AM EDT (400 AM CDT) TUE JUN 15 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A HOT AND VERY HUMID AIR MASS WILL HELP TO TRIGGER SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...WITH A FEW ISOLATED STORMS BECOMING STRONG
TO SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE THE
POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THIS
WEEK...WITH A FEW ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE EACH
DAY. THE MAIN THREATS THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE
POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF
THE EXPECTED SEVERE THREAT.

DMG

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 11:56 AM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1156 AM EDT TUE JUN 15 2010

TNZ041-072-074-151700-
BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN-SEVIER SMOKY
MOUNTAINS TN-
1156 AM EDT TUE JUN 15 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SEVIER...COCKE AND EXTREME
EASTERN BLOUNT COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM EDT...

AT 1154 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GATLINBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF COCKE AND SEVIER COUNTIES.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

DH
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 12:52 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1252 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 2010

TNZ083-084-099-100-151745-
BRADLEY TN-HAMILTON TN-MEIGS TN-RHEA TN-
1252 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN BRADLEY...HAMILTON...
MEIGS AND EXTREME SOUTHERN RHEA COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM EDT...

AT 1249 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF SODDY-DAISY...OR 9 MILES
SOUTH OF DAYTON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CHARLESTON...
BIRCHWOOD AND BIG SPRING.

IN ADDITION TO SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY!
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES PRIMARY KILLERS ASSOCIATED WITH
THUNDERSTORMS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

DH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 12:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson, Morgan, Roane64 min
Jun 15, 1:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXMorgan, Roane2 hr
Jun 15, 1:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHamilton61 min
Jun 15, 1:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXHamilton57 min
Jun 15, 1:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBradley, McMinn, Meigs, Rhea59 min
Jun 15, 2:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXMeigs, Rhea, Roane66 min
Jun 15, 2:09 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXAnderson, Campbell52 min
Jun 15, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Monroe and 2 more57 min
Jun 15, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMcMinn, Monroe48 min
Jun 15, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBlount, Grainger, Jefferson, Knox, Sevier, Union61 min
Jun 15, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBlount, Monroe57 min
Jun 15, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBlount, Cocke, Hamblen, Jefferson, Sevier60 min
Jun 15, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMarion55 min
Jun 15, 4:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBledsoe3 hr
Jun 15, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHawkins, Sullivan46 min
Jun 15, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXPolk39 min
Jun 15, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHamilton, Marion, Sequatchie53 min
Jun 15, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBledsoe62 min
Jun 15, 5:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXHancock, Hawkins116 min
Jun 15, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs, Rhea62 min
Jun 15, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCarter, Greene, Sullivan, Washington43 min
Jun 15, 5:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXHamilton112 min
Jun 15, 5:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMRXBledsoe3 hr
Jun 15, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXPolk64 min
Jun 15, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXLoudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Rhea, Roane59 min
Jun 15, 2:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXRussell, Scott, Washington64 min
Jun 15, 2:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXRussell, Washington2 hr
Jun 15, 5:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXRussell, Washington, Wise2 hr
Jun 15, 6:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMRXRussell111 min

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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.