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Special Weather Statement, NWS Morristown, TN

May 19, 2022Scott County, Virginia

NWS Morristown, TN issued this special weather statement at May 19, 2022, 4:38 AM EDT for Scott County, Virginia. It was in force for 37 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: May 19, 2022, 4:38 AM EDT (08:38 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2022, 5:15 AM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Hail: 0.50 in
Wind: 40

County Scott 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 May 19, 2:58 AM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 2:58 AM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 3:02 AM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 18, 10:42 PM EDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 19, 2:22 AM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 19, 4:38 AM 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
May 18, 10:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Claiborne	40 min
May 18, 10:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock	44 min
May 19, 3:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hancock, Hawkins, Sullivan	26 min
May 19, 4:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hancock	23 min
May 19, 4:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hancock, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington	37 min
May 19, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hawkins, Sullivan	31 min
May 19, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Sullivan	48 min
May 19, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Carter, Sullivan	25 min
May 19, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Hancock	50 min
May 19, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Claiborne, Hancock, Hawkins	46 min
May 19, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hancock, Hawkins	38 min
May 19, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Grainger, Union	47 min
May 19, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hancock	38 min
May 19, 4:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Hawkins	51 min
May 19, 5:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Claiborne, Hancock	48 min
May 19, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Washington	47 min
May 19, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MRX	Hancock, Hawkins	38 min
May 19, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hancock, Hawkins, Sullivan	50 min
May 19, 7:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MRX	Greene, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington	42 min
May 19, 7:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Carter, Sullivan, Washington	29 min
May 19, 2:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Lee	23 min
May 19, 3:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Lee, Scott	40 min
May 19, 2:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Scott	35 min
May 19, 3:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Russell	28 min
May 19, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Scott	25 min
May 19, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Russell	38 min
May 19, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MRX	Lee	52 min
May 19, 5:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Lee	3 hr
May 19, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Russell	29 min
May 19, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Russell	46 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.