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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS Morristown, TN

July 8, 20145 counties in Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2014, 4:58 PM EDT for 5 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 62 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, 4:58 PM EDT (20:58 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2014, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bradley County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Polk County, TN

The radar

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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, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 2:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 11:34 AM EDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 4:25 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 4:30 PM EDT, 28 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

Local storm report, Jul 8, 4:47 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 4:48 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 8, 4:54 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 8, 4:57 PM EDT, 1 minute 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
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, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Carter, Johnson, Sullivan	63 min
Jul 8, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	McMinn, Monroe	42 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

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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.