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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this winter storm watch at Feb 18, 2015, 4:02 PM EST for 33 counties in Tennessee; 7 counties in Virginia; Cherokee County, Clay County, North Carolina. It took effect at Feb 20, 2015, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 18, 2015, 4:02 PM EST (21:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2015, 4:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2015, 4:59 AM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
All 42 counties
Cherokee County, NC, Clay County, NC, Anderson County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Blount County, TN, Bradley County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Carter County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Greene County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Loudon County, TN, Marion County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Polk County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Roane County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Unicoi County, TN, Union County, TN, Washington County, TN, City of Bristol, VA, City of Norton, VA, Lee County, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Washington County, VA, Wise County, VA
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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 winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Feb 18, 2:58 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 18, 2:58 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 535 AM EST WED FEB 18 2015 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-191045- 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- 535 AM EST WED FEB 18 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... TEMPERATURES WILL STAY BELOW FREEZING TODAY...MAINTAINING SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON UNTREATED ROADS AND TREES. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS WHERE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS REMAIN ON ROADS. WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE WIND CHILLS TO DROP BELOW ZERO TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. ALSO TREES THAT HAVE ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE WEAKENED AND FALL CAUSING MORE POWER OUTAGES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT...MAINLY HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF EAST TENNESSEE AND IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. AROUND 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. UP TO ABOUT AN INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PLATEAU AND VALLEY FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS VALUES CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. HIGHS IN THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS THURSDAY AND LOWS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO BELOW ZERO IN SOME SPOTS. LOW WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 25 BELOW ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO. ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM DEVELOPS TO THE WEST FRIDAY...SPREADING CLOUDS AND SNOW INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS AND EASTERN TENNESSEE VALLEY FRIDAY AND EARLY SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY MORNING. AMOUNTS MAY BECOME HIGHER PRIOR TO PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...BEFORE WIDESPREAD RAIN WORKS NORTHWARD THROUGH EAST TENNESSEE ON SATURDAY. SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA VALLEYS...MAY EXPERIENCE A FEW HOURS OF FREEZING RAIN PRIOR TO THE CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN. ABUNDANT RAINFALL AND WARM TEMPERATURES SHOULD RELIEVE ANY ICING PROBLEMS. LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY BECOME A PROBLEM DUE TO RAPIDLY MELTING SNOW PACK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED BUT ANY SNOWFALL AND OTHER REPORTS WILL BE APPRECIATED. TD/SON
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 18, 2:07 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 6:19 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | MRX | Blount, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Johnson, Monroe and 3 more | 49 hr |
| Feb 18, 4:02 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter and 25 more | 24 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Watches in Tennessee, 2015Winter Storm Watches in Virginia, 2015Winter Storm Watches in North Carolina, 2015Every winter storm watch 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.