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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Morristown, TN

July 8, 2014Carter County, Johnson County, Sullivan County, Tennessee; Washington County, City of Bristol, Virginia

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2014, 4:42 PM EDT for Carter County, Johnson County, Sullivan County, Tennessee; Washington County, City of Bristol, Virginia. It was in force for 63 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: Jul 8, 2014, 4:42 PM EDT (20:42 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2014, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Carter County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, City of Bristol, VA, Washington County, VA

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 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 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 Jul 8, 2:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 2:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 11:34 AM EDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 4:02 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
402 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

TNZ040-041-070-073-074-082100-
COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN-NORTHWEST COCKE TN-JEFFERSON TN-
NORTH SEVIER TN-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN-
402 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SEVIER...COCKE...AND JEFFERSON
COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM...

AT 400 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR NEW MARKET...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF SEVIERVILLE...WHICH WAS MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING
CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER
INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3582 8373 3594 8371 3599 8365 3603 8368
      3608 8368 3609 8366 3611 8367 3609 8364
      3611 8363 3606 8302 3579 8297 3577 8300
      3579 8308 3577 8311
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 281DEG 32KT 3601 8361

DMG

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 4:16 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
416 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

TNZ016-017-042>047-082115-
WASHINGTON TN-HAWKINS TN-SULLIVAN TN-SOUTHEAST CARTER TN-
NORTHWEST CARTER TN-SOUTHEAST GREENE TN-UNICOI TN-
NORTHWEST GREENE TN-
416 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WASHINGTON...HAWKINS...
HAMBLEN...UNICOI...GREENE...CARTER AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES UNTIL 515
PM...

AT 414 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF SURGOINSVILLE TO 6 MILES
EAST OF RUSSELLVILLE...WHICH WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. LIGHTNING
CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER
INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3601 8246 3597 8252 3600 8262 3607 8263
      3604 8271 3620 8314 3624 8308 3629 8312
      3659 8276 3659 8195
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 270DEG 34KT 3654 8276 3627 8308

DMG

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 4:25 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 4:30 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
430 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

TNZ081-084-099>101-082130-
WEST POLK-BRADLEY-SEQUATCHIE-MEIGS-HAMILTON-
430 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WEST POLK...BRADLEY...
SEQUATCHIE...MEIGS...HAMILTON...

AT 430 PM EDT /330 PM CDT/...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER WALDEN...
OR NEAR CHATTANOOGA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...SODDY-DAISY...SIGNAL MOUNTAIN...WALDEN...
LAKESITE...CHARLESTON...HARRISON...EAST CLEVELAND...WILDWOOD LAKE...
FAIRMOUNT...SOUTH CLEVELAND...RED BANK...COLLEGEDALE...BIG SPRING...
NORTH CHICKAMAUGA CREEK GORGE...FALLING WATER...LONE OAK...TASSO AND
SALE CREEK.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 3522 8540 3543 8506 3541 8502 3544 8498
      3547 8498 3544 8495 3544 8492 3549 8489
      3535 8486 3532 8479 3509 8466 3506 8531
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 261DEG 31KT 3517 8527

JW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 2:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Anderson, Knox	56 min
Jul 8, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Cocke, Jefferson	58 min
Jul 8, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Greene, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington	59 min
Jul 8, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Blount, Knox, Loudon	65 min
Jul 8, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Bradley, Hamilton	60 min
Jul 8, 4:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Sevier	57 min
Jul 8, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Carter, Greene, Unicoi, Washington	67 min
Jul 8, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	McMinn, Monroe	42 min
Jul 8, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Monroe, Polk	62 min
Jul 8, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Blount, Sevier	49 min
Jul 8, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Monroe, Polk	34 min
Jul 8, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Sequatchie	45 min
Jul 8, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cherokee, Clay	60 min
Jul 8, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cherokee, Clay	47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2014 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2014 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

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.