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High Wind Watch 7, NWS Morristown, TN

March 30, 20238 counties in Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this high wind watch at Mar 30, 2023, 3:28 PM EDT for 8 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Mar 31, 2023, 6:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 2023, 3:28 PM EDT (19:28 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 31, 2023, 6:00 PM EDT
Expired
Mar 31, 2023, 3:05 AM EDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN

Counties Blount County, TN, Carter County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Greene County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Unicoi County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Mar 30, 2:51 PM EDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 2:51 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 3:28 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Morristown TN
328 PM EDT Thu Mar 30 2023

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-311930-
Cherokee-Clay-Scott TN-Campbell-Claiborne-Hancock-Hawkins-
Sullivan-Johnson-Morgan-Anderson-Union-Grainger-Hamblen-
Northwest Cocke-Cocke Smoky Mountains-Northwest Greene-
Southeast Greene-Washington TN-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-Scott VA-Russell-Washington VA-
328 PM EDT Thu Mar 30 2023 /228 PM CDT Thu Mar 30 2023/

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

A strong system will affect the Tennessee Valley and southern
Appalachians Friday night into Saturday. Strong to severe storms
are possible Friday night with damaging winds as the main
concern, especially along the Cumberland Plateau and southern
Tennessee Valley. A brief tornado is possible mainly along and
near the Cumberland Plateau and southern Tennessee Valley. Locally
heavy rainfall will also be possible which may lead to localized
flooding.

Besides the storms, windy conditions are likely Friday night and
into Saturday, with the strongest winds expected over the higher
elevations and foothills.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed Friday night.

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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.