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Ice Storm Warning 1, NWS Morristown, TN

February 16, 201511 counties in Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this ice storm warning at Feb 16, 2015, 12:24 PM CST for 11 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 15 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 16, 2015, 12:24 PM CST (18:24 UTC)
Expired
Feb 17, 2015, 3:04 AM CST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN

Counties Bledsoe County, TN, Blount County, TN, Knox County, TN, Loudon County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Roane County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Sevier County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:28 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 ice storm 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 ice storm warning went out at Feb 16, 10:05 AM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 10:05 AM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 16, 3:41 AM CST, 8 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
441 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-170945-
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-
441 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015

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

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

A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREA TODAY...WITH
SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ALL POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE
AREA. HEAVIER SNOWS WILL BE MAINLY IN THE NORTHERN AREAS...WHILE
ICY CONDITIONS WILL BE A THREAT AT LEAST IN THE SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL AREAS...AND POSSIBLY INTO NORTHEAST TENNESSEE. REGARDLESS
OF THE AREA...TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

ANOTHER BLAST OF COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BRINGING
DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN THURSDAY
NIGHT. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MORNINGS
WILL LIKELY BE THE COLDEST MORNINGS SO FAR THIS WINTER.

ADDITIONALLY...A COUPLE ROUNDS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE POSSIBLE
WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LITTLE TO NO
ACCUMULATIONS IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE TN VALLEY...1 TO 2 INCHES IS
POSSIBLE ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED BUT ANY SNOWFALL AND OTHER REPORTS
WILL BE APPRECIATED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 16, 11:37 AM CST, 47 minutes before
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Local storm report, Feb 16, 11:42 AM CST, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1242 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015

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

1200 PM     FREEZING RAIN    VONORE                  35.60N 84.23W
02/16/2015  M0.15 INCH       MONROE             TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&
Local storm report, Feb 16, 11:43 AM CST, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1243 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015

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

1229 PM     FREEZING RAIN    KNOXVILLE               35.97N 83.95W
02/16/2015  M0.10 INCH       KNOX               TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NEAR EXIT 392 OF INTERSTATE 40.

&&
Local storm report, Feb 16, 11:48 AM CST, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1248 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015

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

1247 PM     FREEZING RAIN    SE CLEVELAND            35.18N 84.87W
02/16/2015  E0.00 INCH       BRADLEY            TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRACE ACCUMULATION.

&&
Local storm report, Feb 16, 12:02 PM CST, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
102 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015

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

0100 PM     SNOW             BLOUNTVILLE             36.53N 82.33W
02/16/2015  M0.0 INCH        SULLIVAN           TN   CO-OP OBSERVER

            TRACE SNOWFALL REPORTED AT THE TRI-CITIES REGIONAL
            AIRPORT.

&&
Local storm report, Feb 16, 12:15 PM CST, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
115 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015

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

0110 PM     FREEZING RAIN    WHITWELL                35.20N 85.52W
02/16/2015  E0.10 INCH       MARION             TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ICING ON THE POCKET RD OFF OF TENNESSEE 108.

&&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 2:46 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMRXBradley, Hamilton, Polk24 hr

Nearby

Ice Storm Warnings in Tennessee, 2015Every ice storm warning in 2015

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.