Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1987, 8:19 PM CDT for Cumberland County, Tennessee. It was in force for 56 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 1987, 8:19 PM CDT (01:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1987, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cumberland County, TN
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 8:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Cumberland, TN |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 145 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1021 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KTYS 040119
SVRTYS
TNC035-040215-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE TN
919 PM EDT WED JUN 3 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL TENNESSEE
...CUMBERLAND
AT 900PM CHATANOOGA RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE AND VERY LARGE
THUNDERSTORM OVER AND JUST EAST OF CROSSVILLE TN MOVING TO THE EAST
AT 25 MPH.{Basis}
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR P
ROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLrY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:42 PM CDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
TRI CITY TENNESSEE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRISTOL TN 330 PM EDT WED JUN 3 1987 ...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN MOST VIRGINIA.. AT 3:30 VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR THE KENTUCKY/VIRGINIA BORDER MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE MOST INTENSE WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN BUCHANNAN COUNTY OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. THESE ARE PART OF AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS..SEVERAL WITH VERY HEAVY RAIcNS..IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY..SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA..AND SOUTH PARTS OF WEST VIRGINIA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED IN EAST TENNESSEE AND WEST PARTS OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 3:47 PM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
TRI CITY TENNESSEE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRISTOL TN 430 PM EDT WED JUN 3 1987 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 186 IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA... AT 430PM VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST WEST OF ABINGDON VIRGINIA..WEST OF HICKORY NORTH CAROLINA..AND IN KENTUCKY SOUTH OF BEATTYVILLE. THESE ARE PART OF AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS..SEVERAL WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS..IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY..SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA.. SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA..AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EAST TENNESSEE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
TRI CITY TENNESSEE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRISTOL TN 528 PM EDT WED JUN 3 1987 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 186 IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA... AT 528PM VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTH OF JACKSON KENTUCKY AND IN NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHWEST OF GREENSBORO NEAR CLEVELAND. THESE ARE PART OF AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS..SEVERAL WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS..IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY..SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA.. SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA..WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA..AND NORTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.