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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Morristown, TN

August 16, 2018Bledsoe County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2018, 3:33 PM CDT for Bledsoe County, Tennessee. It was in force for 42 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: Aug 16, 2018, 3:33 PM CDT (20:33 UTC)
Expired: Aug 16, 2018, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Bledsoe County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 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 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 Aug 15, 6:40 PM CDT, 20 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 6:40 PM CDT, 20 hours 53 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
Aug 16, 3:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Campbell, Scott	38 min
Aug 16, 3:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Marion	60 min
Aug 16, 4:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Meigs, Rhea	40 min
Aug 16, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Meigs, Rhea	41 min
Aug 16, 4:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Morgan, Roane	39 min
Aug 16, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Loudon, Roane	33 min
Aug 16, 5:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Hamilton	48 min
Aug 16, 5:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Anderson	49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2018 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2018

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.