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Special Weather Statement, NWS Morristown, TN

March 27, 2021Anderson County, Morgan County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this special weather statement at Mar 27, 2021, 5:49 PM EDT for Anderson County, Morgan County, Tennessee. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Mar 27, 2021, 5:49 PM EDT (21:49 UTC)
Expired: Mar 27, 2021, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN

Counties Anderson County, TN, Morgan County, TN

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NWS Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Mar 27, 3:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 3:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 27, 3:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Morristown TN
354 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-280800-
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-
354 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021 /254 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest North
Carolina...east Tennessee and southwest Virginia.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible today, mainly west of
Interstate 75. The primary threat with these storms will be large
hail, with damaging wind gusts also possible. An isolated tornado
cannot be ruled out in the southern TN Valley this evening. In
addition heavy downpours could lead to flash flooding across the
area.

There will also be the potential for heavy rainfall today, which
could cause flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

A line of showers and thunderstorms is expected to sweep across
the entire area on Sunday morning. The primary threat will be
damaging winds, but an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out. A
threat of flooding will also continue into Sunday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter reports may be needed today and Sunday.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 27, 1:22 PM EDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
122 PM EDT SAT MAR 27 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0115 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 SSW HUNTER            36.37N 82.17W
03/27/2021  M54 MPH          CARTER             TN   AWOS

            AWOS STATION K0A9 ELIZABETHTON.

&&

Local storm report, Mar 27, 1:39 PM EDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
139 PM EDT SAT MAR 27 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0121 PM     HAIL             2 WSW ABINGDON          36.70N 82.00W
03/27/2021  M0.70 INCH       WASHINGTON         VA   PUBLIC

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Local storm report, Mar 27, 1:53 PM EDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 27, 2:13 PM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 27, 3:34 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 27, 5:49 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
Mar 27, 5:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Marion, Sequatchie	42 min
Mar 27, 5:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie	39 min
Mar 27, 5:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Hamilton	43 min
Mar 27, 6:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley, Hamilton	52 min
Mar 27, 6:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley, Polk	49 min
Mar 27, 7:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Roane	44 min
Mar 27, 7:58 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Morgan	47 min
Mar 27, 8:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Scott	48 min
Mar 27, 8:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Knox	38 min
Mar 27, 8:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Scott	26 min
Mar 27, 8:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Knox, Loudon	47 min
Mar 27, 9:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Grainger, Knox, Union	42 min
Mar 27, 9:39 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Knox, Sevier	30 min
Mar 27, 9:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock, Hawkins	47 min
Mar 27, 10:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cocke, Hamblen, Jefferson	45 min
Mar 27, 10:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Campbell, Scott	54 min
Mar 27, 10:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Anderson, Campbell, Morgan, Scott	46 min
Mar 27, 10:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Hawkins	45 min
Mar 27, 10:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Greene	42 min
Mar 27, 10:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Campbell, Claiborne	42 min
Mar 27, 10:36 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Morgan, Scott	4 hr
Mar 27, 10:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hawkins	49 min
Mar 27, 10:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Anderson, Morgan	39 min
Mar 27, 11:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Claiborne	45 min
Mar 27, 11:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Sullivan	38 min
Mar 27, 11:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Unicoi, Washington	35 min
Mar 27, 11:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Grainger, Hamblen, Union	40 min
Mar 27, 11:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Claiborne, Hancock	22 min
Mar 27, 11:32 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Carter, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington	43 min
Mar 27, 11:45 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Hawkins, Sullivan	3 hr
Mar 27, 11:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Hamblen, Jefferson	44 min
Mar 27, 11:48 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Campbell, Claiborne	3 hr
Mar 27, 11:50 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Carter, Greene, Washington	3 hr
Mar 27, 11:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Monroe	49 min
Mar 27, 12:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Anderson, Knox	3 hr
Mar 27, 12:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Claiborne, Hancock	3 hr
Mar 27, 12:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Johnson	43 min
Mar 27, 12:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Hawkins	52 min
Mar 27, 1:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Carter, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington	44 min
Mar 27, 3:13 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	MRX	Blount, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Johnson, Monroe and 2 more	23 hr
Mar 27, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Campbell, Morgan	41 min
Mar 27, 5:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MRX	Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Morgan, Scott, Union	3 hr
Mar 27, 5:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MRX	Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock, Hawkins, Union	3 hr
Mar 27, 6:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MRX	Blount, Sevier	3 hr
Mar 27, 6:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Morgan, Scott	46 min
Mar 27, 7:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Marion, Sequatchie	43 min
Mar 27, 7:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Campbell, Scott	45 min
Mar 27, 7:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Hancock	41 min
Mar 27, 7:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Meigs	39 min
Mar 27, 7:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Campbell, Scott	50 min
Mar 27, 7:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Marion	47 min
Mar 27, 7:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Campbell	53 min
Mar 27, 11:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Washington	32 min
Mar 27, 12:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Washington, City of Bristol	3 hr
Mar 27, 12:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Russell, Washington, City of Bristol	51 min
Mar 27, 2:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Washington	117 min

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