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Ice Storm Warning 1, NWS Morristown, TN
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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</html>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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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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 2:46 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, Polk | 24 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.