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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Morristown, TN

January 15, 202221 counties in Tennessee; 7 counties in Virginia; Cherokee County, Clay County, North Carolina

NWS Morristown, TN issued this winter storm warning at Jan 15, 2022, 4:29 AM EST for 21 counties in Tennessee; 7 counties in Virginia; Cherokee County, Clay County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 15, 2022, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 48 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 15, 2022, 4:29 AM EST (09:29 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 15, 2022, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 17, 2022, 7:00 PM EST
In force
48 hr
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
All 30 counties

Cherokee County, NC, Clay County, NC, Anderson County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Blount County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Carter County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Greene County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Marion County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Polk County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Unicoi County, TN, Union County, TN, City of Bristol, VA, City of Norton, VA, Lee County, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Washington County, VA, Wise County, VA

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:34 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 winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 15, 12:29 AM EST, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 15, 12:29 AM EST, 4 hours before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 14, 2:38 PM EST, 13 hours 51 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 15, 4:29 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryMRXAnderson, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne and 22 more59 hr
Jan 15, 8:56 AM ESTHigh Wind WatchMRXBlount, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Johnson, Monroe and 2 more6 hr
Jan 15, 3:21 PM ESTHigh Wind WarningMRXBlount, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Johnson, Monroe and 2 more24 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Tennessee, 2022Winter Storm Warnings in Virginia, 2022Winter Storm Warnings in North Carolina, 2022Every winter storm warning in 2022

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.