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Special Weather Statement, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this special weather statement at Aug 15, 2016, 8:13 PM EDT for Knox County, Tennessee. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
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The facts
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2016, 8:13 PM EDT (00:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2016, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
County Knox County, TN
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</html>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 Aug 15, 7:50 PM EDT, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 7:50 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 2:55 PM EDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 255 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-161900- 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- 255 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016 /155 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN ANY OF THESE STORMS, WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS BEING IN NORTHEAST TENNESSEE INTO SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 2:42 PM EDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
242 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016
TNZ015>018-044-046-047-VAZ001-005-008-151930-
WASHINGTON TN-JOHNSON TN-HAWKINS TN-SULLIVAN TN-NORTHWEST CARTER TN-
SOUTHEAST CARTER TN-HANCOCK TN-WASHINGTON VA-SCOTT VA-LEE VA-
242 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN WASHINGTON...NORTHERN
CARTER...SULLIVAN...NORTHEASTERN HAWKINS...CENTRAL JOHNSON...
NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK...SOUTHEASTERN LEE...SCOTT...AND SOUTHWESTERN
WASHINGTON COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF BRISTOL UNTIL 330 PM EDT...
AT 241 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR JONESVILLE TO JONESBOROUGH. MOVEMENT WAS
EAST AT 40 MPH.
SMALL HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JOHNSON CITY...KINGSPORT...BRISTOL TN...BRISTOL VA...ELIZABETHTON...
MOUNTAIN CITY...GATE CITY...JONESVILLE...JONESBOROUGH...
SURGOINSVILLE...WEBER CITY...COLONIAL HEIGHTS...OAK GROVE...
SPURGEON...GRAY...PINE CREST...CENTRAL...WALNUT HILL...
MIDWAY AND CHURCH HILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3641 8174 3636 8172 3625 8246 3634 8264
3642 8263 3640 8274 3665 8323 3685 8253
3676 8235 3671 8233 3673 8230 3643 8172
TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 254DEG 35KT 3663 8310 3631 8248Local storm report, Aug 15, 3:18 PM EDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
318 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 PM TSTM WND DMG CHURCH HILL 36.53N 82.71W
08/15/2016 HAWKINS TN 911 CALL CENTER
FEW TREES DOWN.
0250 PM TSTM WND DMG FALL BRANCH 36.42N 82.62W
08/15/2016 WASHINGTON TN 911 CALL CENTER
FEW TREES DOWN.
0300 PM TSTM WND DMG N GRAY 36.41N 82.48W
08/15/2016 WASHINGTON TN 911 CALL CENTER
ROOF BLOWN OFF A BARN ON HOG HOLLOW ROAD.
&&Local storm report, Aug 15, 3:38 PM EDT, 4 hours 35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 8:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Union | 48 min |
| Aug 15, 9:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Knox | 42 min |
| Aug 16, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Cocke, Greene, Washington | 40 min |
| Aug 16, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Morgan | 65 min |
| Aug 16, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Washington | 39 min |
| Aug 16, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene, Washington | 28 min |
| Aug 16, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Sullivan | 42 min |
| Aug 16, 6:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Sullivan | 111 min |
| Aug 16, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Washington, City of Bristol | 44 min |
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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.