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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Morristown, TN

January 27, 20247 counties in Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this winter storm warning at Jan 27, 2024, 2:55 PM EST for 7 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Jan 28, 2024, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 27 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 27, 2024, 2:55 PM EST (19:55 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 28, 2024, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 29, 2024, 10:00 AM EST
In force
27 hr
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN

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

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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 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 26, 6:57 PM EST, 19 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 26, 6:57 PM EST, 19 hours 58 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 26, 3:04 PM EST, 23 hours 51 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Morristown TN
304 PM EST Fri Jan 26 2024

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-272015-
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-
304 PM EST Fri Jan 26 2024 /204 PM CST Fri Jan 26 2024/

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.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Another storm system will move across the Tennessee Valley and
southern Appalachians Saturday, bringing with it another round of
widespread moderate to heavy rain, strong wind gusts in the
mountains, and possibly a few strong to severe thunderstorms.
Localized flooding will be possible with this system. Please see
the Wind Advisory and Flash Flood Watch for more details.

Rain will change to snow showers across the higher elevations of
the mountains Sunday afternoon through Sunday night, with light
snow accumulations increasingly likely across the higher terrain.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed on Saturday afternoon evening for
the potential for severe storms.

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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.