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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Morristown, TN

July 13, 20154 counties in Virginia

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2015, 6:03 PM EDT for 4 counties in Virginia. 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: Jul 13, 2015, 6:03 PM EDT (22:03 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2015, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties City of Bristol, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Washington County, VA

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 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
Jul 13, 4:39 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 Jul 13, 3:02 PM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 3:02 PM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 3:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 13, 5:54 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 13, 6:02 PM EDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
602 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

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

0545 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WISE                    36.98N 82.58W
07/13/2015                   WISE               VA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TREE DOWN.

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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 13, 1:57 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Carter, Sullivan	2 hr
Jul 13, 6:03 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Greene, Unicoi	117 min
Jul 13, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Carter, Johnson, Sullivan	54 min
Jul 13, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock and 3 more	38 min
Jul 13, 6:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Carter, Greene, Hawkins, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington	41 min
Jul 13, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Carter, Johnson, Sullivan	51 min
Jul 13, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock and 3 more	64 min
Jul 13, 6:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Carter, Greene, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington	34 min
Jul 13, 7:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Carter, Johnson, Sullivan	3 hr
Jul 13, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Lee, Russell, Scott, Wise, City of Norton	56 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.