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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 160, NWS Morristown, TN

August 20, 2014Greene County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 2014, 4:26 PM EDT for Greene County, Tennessee. It was in force for 18 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: Aug 20, 2014, 4:26 PM EDT (20:26 UTC)
Expired: Aug 20, 2014, 4:44 PM EDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Greene County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 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 Aug 19, 7:32 PM EDT, 20 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 7:32 PM EDT, 20 hours 54 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
Aug 20, 1:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Roane	42 min
Aug 20, 1:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Loudon, Roane	42 min
Aug 20, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Anderson	47 min
Aug 20, 2:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Loudon, McMinn, Monroe, Morgan, Roane	48 min
Aug 20, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Knox	49 min
Aug 20, 3:02 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Loudon, McMinn, Monroe	43 min
Aug 20, 3:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	McMinn, Monroe	44 min
Aug 20, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson	42 min
Aug 20, 3:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	McMinn, Monroe, Polk	49 min
Aug 20, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Blount, Knox	42 min
Aug 20, 4:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cocke, Greene, Jefferson	37 min
Aug 20, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Roane	46 min
Aug 20, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Greene	29 min
Aug 20, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hancock, Hawkins	47 min
Aug 20, 4:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Marion	41 min
Aug 20, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	McMinn, Meigs	38 min
Aug 20, 4:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Polk	34 min
Aug 20, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Hamilton, Rhea	33 min
Aug 20, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Greene, Unicoi, Washington	62 min
Aug 20, 4:52 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Bradley, McMinn, Polk	38 min
Aug 20, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Blount, Monroe	50 min
Aug 20, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Claiborne, Grainger	46 min
Aug 20, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Hawkins	49 min
Aug 20, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Marion, Meigs and 2 more	59 min
Aug 20, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs, Rhea	26 min
Aug 20, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley, McMinn, Monroe, Polk	38 min
Aug 20, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Knox, Union	50 min
Aug 20, 5:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	McMinn	2 hr
Aug 20, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley, McMinn, Meigs, Polk	46 min
Aug 20, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Blount, Knox, Sevier	34 min
Aug 20, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley, McMinn, Monroe, Polk	33 min
Aug 20, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley, Hamilton	24 min
Aug 20, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Marion	28 min
Aug 20, 6:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Campbell, Scott	49 min
Aug 20, 7:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock, Union	41 min
Aug 20, 7:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Anderson, Campbell, Grainger, Scott, Union	56 min
Aug 20, 7:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Anderson, Campbell	3 hr
Aug 20, 7:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Anderson, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Union	49 min
Aug 20, 7:11 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Wise	49 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.