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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 2014, 8:18 PM EDT for 5 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 57 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, 8:18 PM EDT (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2014, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Blount County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Sevier County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 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 Aug 20, 4:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 4:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 420 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2014 .DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. INCREASED RAIN CHANCES THROUGH MID EVENING OVER WESTERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA AS STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS HAVE INCREASED LATE THIS AFTERNOON. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 72 94 72 95 / 50 20 10 10 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 71 91 71 92 / 60 30 10 20 OAK RIDGE, TN 71 91 71 92 / 60 30 10 20 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 66 87 66 88 / 40 50 30 40 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && TD
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 20, 3:30 AM EDT, 16 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 330 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-210730- 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- 330 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP MAINLY DURING THE HEAT OF THE AFTERNOON...DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE BEFORE MIDNIGHT...AND ONLY A STRAY STRONG STORM IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO LINGER OVER THE REGION. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES ORIGINATING AROUND THE GREAT LAKES ARE EXPECTED TO TRACK SOUTHEAST...AND BRING THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG STORMS TO PORTIONS OF THE AREA...MAINLY SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST TENNESSEE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THE POSSIBLE THREATS.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 20, 7:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
705 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 PM TSTM WND DMG SWEETWATER 35.60N 84.47W
08/20/2014 MONROE TN 911 CALL CENTER
TREES DOWN IN SWEETWATER.
&&Local storm report, Aug 20, 7:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
708 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0510 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 S MADISONVILLE 35.49N 84.36W
08/20/2014 MONROE TN 911 CALL CENTER
TREES DOWN SOUTH OF MADISONVILLE.
&&Local storm report, Aug 20, 7:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
713 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0540 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 S MADISONVILLE 35.45N 84.36W
08/20/2014 MONROE TN 911 CALL CENTER
TREES DOWN NEAR THE MONROE-POLK COUNTY LINE.
&&Local storm report, Aug 20, 7:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
715 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0550 PM TSTM WND DMG RICEVILLE 35.38N 84.70W
08/20/2014 MCMINN TN 911 CALL CENTER
TREES DOWN NEAR RICEVILLE.
&&Local storm report, Aug 20, 7:58 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon, Morgan, Roane | 50 min |
| Aug 21, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Carter, Johnson, Sullivan, Washington | 83 min |
| Aug 21, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hawkins | 34 min |
| Aug 21, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Hawkins | 43 min |
| Aug 21, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Wise, City of Norton | 93 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.