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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Morristown, TN

March 13, 2025Monroe County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2025, 6:46 PM EDT for Monroe County, Tennessee. It was in force for 18 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Mar 13, 2025, 6:46 PM EDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 2025, 7:04 PM EDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Monroe County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 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 severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 13, 3:12 PM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 3:12 PM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 13, 3:39 AM EDT, 15 hours 7 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Morristown TN
339 AM EDT Thu Mar 13 2025

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-140745-
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-
339 AM EDT Thu Mar 13 2025 /239 AM CDT Thu Mar 13 2025/

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

High winds are expected across the mountains late Friday through
Saturday night. This will also raise concerns for the spread of
any ongoing wildfires in the region. See the High Wind Watch for
more details.

A severe weather outbreak is expected across portions of the
eastern United States Saturday into Saturday night with the
greatest threat in our area being along the Cumberland Plateau to
southeast Tennessee. Damaging winds are the greatest threat with
potential for them to be significant and widespread. There is also
a threat for tornadoes and large hail. Some details regarding the
severe weather threat remain uncertain, so stay tuned to the
forecast for updates.

Also, with multiple rounds of storms, there is a threat for flash
flooding by Saturday evening, especially west of Interstate 75.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter reports may be needed this weekend for severe
thunderstorms and flooding.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 13, 5:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 13, 5:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 13, 5:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 13, 6:08 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 2:37 PM EDTHigh Wind WarningMRXBlount, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Johnson, Monroe and 3 more64 hr
Mar 13, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXPolk43 min
Mar 13, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXMonroe38 min
Mar 13, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXMonroe47 min
Mar 13, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMonroe42 min
Mar 13, 6:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXScott52 min
Mar 13, 7:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXBledsoe49 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.