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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Morristown, TN

April 17, 2013Bledsoe County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 2013, 2:25 PM CDT for Bledsoe County, Tennessee. It was in force for 65 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
Apr 17, 2013, 2:25 PM CDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 17, 2013, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Bledsoe County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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
Apr 17, 12:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 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 Apr 17, 12:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 12:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
127 PM EDT WED APR 17 2013

.AVIATION...DIURNAL CONVECTION EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON.  SCT SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD EFFECT THE AREA
BETWEEN 18Z AND 00Z.  BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE
IN THE SOUTH NEAR CHA.  THUNDERSTORM RISK LOWER AT TRI AND WILL NOT
MENTIONED IN TAF THIS AFTERNOON.  A SHORT WAVE APPROACHING THE AREA
FROM THE NORTH LATE IN THE PERIOD WILL BRING IN A CLOUD DECK BUT
ASSOCIATED CONVECTION SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER 18Z.

&&

.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...NONE.
TN...NONE.
VA...NONE.

&&

MJB
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 17, 2:34 AM CDT, 11 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
334 AM EDT WED APR 17 2013

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-180745-
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-
334 AM EDT WED APR 17 2013 /234 AM CDT WED APR 17 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

SCATTERED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
AROUND THE AREA TODAY. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME RATHER STRONG EVEN
EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS NORTHEAST TENNESSEE WITH MORE DEVELOPMENT
EXPECTED DURING THE PEAK HEATING OF THE AFTERNOON. AN ISOLATED
STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS
AND HAIL UP TO 1 INCH DIAMETER THE POTENTIAL THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

A COLD FRONT WILL BRING A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THERE IS A POTENTIAL
FOR SOME SEVERE STORMS...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS BEING THE MAIN
THREAT.

OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS UNLIKELY AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 17, 10:58 AM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 17, 12:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
154 PM EDT WED APR 17 2013

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

0145 PM     HAIL             5 S DEERLODGE           36.13N 84.76W
04/17/2013  E1.75 INCH       MORGAN             TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND ROOF DAMAGE REPORTED.

&&

DMG
Local storm report, Apr 17, 1:45 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
245 PM EDT WED APR 17 2013

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

0200 PM     HAIL             10 W MELVINE            35.73N 85.24W
04/17/2013  E1.25 INCH       BLEDSOE            TN   COCORAHS

            HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL REPORTED...ALONG WITH SHREDDED
            LEAVES AND DAMAGED SHINGLES.

&&

DMG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 12:11 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXMorgan3 hr
Apr 17, 12:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMorgan55 min
Apr 17, 12:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMRXMorgan3 hr
Apr 17, 12:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBledsoe62 min
Apr 17, 1:21 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBledsoe3 hr
Apr 17, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMeigs, Rhea61 min
Apr 17, 1:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMRXBledsoe3 hr
Apr 17, 2:44 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXMcMinn, Meigs3 hr
Apr 17, 2:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXMcMinn, Meigs3 hr
Apr 17, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMarion, Sequatchie64 min
Apr 17, 3:55 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXMarion, Sequatchie3 hr
Apr 17, 4:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBradley, Hamilton3 hr
Apr 17, 6:04 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXMarion3 hr
Apr 17, 9:08 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXLee, Scott3 hr
Apr 17, 10:43 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXWise, City of Norton2 hr
Apr 17, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCherokee60 min

Nearby

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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.