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Special Weather Statement, NWS Morristown, TN

July 13, 2016Washington County, City of Bristol, Virginia

NWS Morristown, TN issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2016, 10:55 PM EDT for Washington County, City of Bristol, Virginia. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 13, 2016, 10:55 PM EDT (02:55 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2016, 11:45 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN

Counties City of Bristol, VA, Washington County, VA

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 13, 9:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 9:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 10:06 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 9:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
905 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016

TNZ084-085-140145-
MEIGS TN-MCMINN TN-
905 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 904 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES SOUTH OF DECATUR...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

HALF TO THREE QUARTER INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30
MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ATHENS...DECATUR...ETOWAH...ENGLEWOOD...NIOTA...RICEVILLE...
HILLSVIEW AND CLEAR WATER.

LAT...LON 3532 8480 3549 8485 3560 8452 3559 8452
      3558 8450 3553 8448 3534 8442 3531 8478
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 255DEG 11KT 3542 8474

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Local storm report, Jul 13, 9:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 10:12 PM EDT, 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 10:35 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 10:51 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 10:55 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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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, 9:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	McMinn	40 min
Jul 13, 9:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	McMinn	46 min
Jul 13, 10:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Loudon	48 min
Jul 13, 10:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Polk	40 min
Jul 13, 10:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Blount	54 min
Jul 14, 8:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Campbell	50 min
Jul 14, 10:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Grainger, Hancock	48 min
Jul 14, 10:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Hancock, Hawkins	40 min
Jul 14, 11:32 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Greene, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington	43 min
Jul 14, 12:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Johnson	44 min
Jul 14, 1:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Carter	44 min
Jul 14, 1:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Johnson	43 min
Jul 14, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Marion	42 min
Jul 14, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Roane	35 min
Jul 14, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Loudon	48 min
Jul 14, 3:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Loudon	51 min
Jul 14, 3:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Marion	38 min
Jul 14, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	McMinn, Monroe, Polk	51 min
Jul 14, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Sequatchie	34 min
Jul 14, 4:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Bledsoe, Meigs, Rhea	38 min
Jul 14, 4:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Anderson, Campbell, Loudon, Morgan, Roane, Scott	66 min
Jul 14, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Hamilton, Marion, Meigs, Rhea, Sequatchie	47 min
Jul 14, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Anderson, Knox	45 min
Jul 14, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	McMinn, Monroe, Polk	41 min
Jul 14, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hancock	45 min
Jul 14, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Grainger, Jefferson, Knox, Union	49 min
Jul 14, 5:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	McMinn, Monroe	43 min
Jul 14, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Hancock, Hawkins	45 min
Jul 14, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Grainger, Union	37 min
Jul 14, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Greene, Hamblen	45 min
Jul 14, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Cocke	47 min
Jul 14, 6:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Hawkins	41 min
Jul 14, 6:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Greene, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington	50 min
Jul 14, 7:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Carter, Unicoi, Washington	44 min
Jul 14, 7:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Carter	46 min
Jul 14, 8:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Wise	25 min
Jul 14, 10:24 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Wise, City of Norton	51 min
Jul 14, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Lee	42 min
Jul 13, 11:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Cherokee	43 min
Jul 14, 12:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Clay	42 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.