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Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Morristown, TN

February 17, 20127 counties in Tennessee; 7 counties in Virginia

NWS Morristown, TN issued this winter storm watch at Feb 17, 2012, 8:34 PM EST for 7 counties in Tennessee; 7 counties in Virginia. It took effect at Feb 19, 2012, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 17, 2012, 8:34 PM EST (01:34 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 19, 2012, 10:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 19, 2012, 3:52 AM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN

Counties Campbell County, TN, Carter County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Scott County, TN, Unicoi County, TN, City of Bristol, VA, City of Norton, VA, Lee County, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Washington County, VA, Wise County, VA

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 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 winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Feb 17, 6:30 PM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 6:30 PM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 17, 3:13 PM EST, 5 hours 21 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 18, 3:28 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	MRX	Blount, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Greene and 5 more	33 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Tennessee, 2012 Winter Storm Watches in Virginia, 2012 Every winter storm watch in 2012

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.