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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Morristown, TN

July 1, 1990Grainger County, Jefferson County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1990, 7:10 PM EDT for Grainger County, Jefferson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 65 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
Jul 1, 1990, 7:10 PM EDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 1990, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Grainger County, TN, Jefferson 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 1, 7:10 PM EDTHail 1Grainger, 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

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 247 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1990-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 914 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1990-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
914 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-155 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1350 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 2:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBlount, Loudon, Monroe55 min
Jul 1, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCumberland60 min
Jul 1, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXRoane69 min
Jul 1, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMonroe42 min
Jul 1, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBlount, Loudon55 min
Jul 1, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXClaiborne63 min
Jul 1, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson65 min
Jul 1, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXKnox, Loudon47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

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.