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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 139, NWS Morristown, TN

July 24, 2020McMinn County, Meigs County, Rhea County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2020, 8:08 PM EDT for McMinn County, Meigs County, Rhea County, Tennessee. It was in force for 30 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 24, 2020, 8:08 PM EDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2020, 8:38 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Rhea County, TN

The radar

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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 Jul 24, 7:29 PM EDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 7:29 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 3:19 PM EDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Morristown TN
319 PM EDT Fri Jul 24 2020

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-251930-
Cherokee-Clay-Scott-Campbell-Claiborne-Hancock-Hawkins-Sullivan-
Johnson-Morgan-Anderson-Union-Grainger-Hamblen-Northwest Cocke-
Cocke Smoky Mountains-Northwest Greene-Southeast Greene-
Washington-Unicoi-Northwest Carter-Southeast Carter-Roane-Loudon-
Knox-Jefferson-Northwest 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-Russell-
319 PM EDT Fri Jul 24 2020 /219 PM CDT Fri Jul 24 2020/

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 are expected this afternoon
and early evening with a few strong to marginally severe storms
possible. Isolated damaging wind gusts and brief heavy rainfall
are the main concerns.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter reports of severe weather or flooding are encouraged.
Please relay any information about severe weather to the NWS while
following local, state, and CDC guidelines.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 24, 6:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 24, 6:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 24, 7:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 24, 7:12 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 24, 7:45 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 8:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBledsoe, Sequatchie3 hr
Jul 24, 8:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXMeigs, Rhea2 hr
Jul 24, 9:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXSequatchie45 min
Jul 25, 11:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXMorgan40 min
Jul 25, 12:12 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXMorgan, Scott2 hr
Jul 25, 1:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXCampbell41 min
Jul 25, 1:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson, Campbell, Union35 min
Jul 25, 1:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXLoudon40 min
Jul 25, 1:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXAnderson, Campbell110 min
Jul 25, 1:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXLoudon45 min
Jul 25, 2:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBlount, Knox, Loudon3 hr
Jul 25, 2:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXCocke34 min
Jul 25, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXSevier32 min
Jul 25, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXJefferson42 min
Jul 25, 3:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBlount, Knox, Sevier3 hr
Jul 25, 3:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXJefferson38 min
Jul 25, 3:10 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXMcMinn, Monroe110 min
Jul 25, 3:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMRXKnox, Sevier2 hr
Jul 25, 4:22 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXJefferson3 hr
Jul 25, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXHancock39 min
Jul 25, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXGreene52 min
Jul 25, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXHawkins50 min
Jul 25, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXHancock48 min
Jul 25, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXHawkins33 min
Jul 25, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHancock, Hawkins31 min
Jul 25, 5:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXHancock, Hawkins2 hr
Jul 25, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXWashington48 min
Jul 25, 6:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMRXSullivan, Washington3 hr
Jul 25, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXCarter25 min
Jul 25, 7:25 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXCarter, Unicoi2 hr
Jul 25, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXCarter33 min
Jul 25, 7:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMRXCarter3 hr
Jul 25, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXWashington27 min
Jul 25, 4:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXRussell, Washington, City of Bristol3 hr
Jul 25, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXScott33 min

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2020Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2020

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.