Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 1992, 12:39 PM EST for Blount County, Loudon County, Tennessee. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 1992, 12:39 PM EST (17:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 1992, 1:45 PM EST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Blount County, TN, Loudon County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTYS 191739 SVRTYS TNC009-105-155-191845- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE TN 1239 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KNOXVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL TENNESSEE ...BLOUNT COUNTY...SOUTHERN LOUDON COUNTY...SEVIER COUNTY AT 1235 PM EST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL NEAR GREENBACK TENNESSEE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION 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.
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, Mar 19, 10:43 AM EST, 1 hour 56 minutes before
TNZ005-191645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN 1041 AM EST THU MAR 19 1992 AT 1035 AM EST...THE CHATTANOOGA WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING A THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY TENNESSEE. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE SHORTLY. THIS THUNDERSTORM LIKELY CONTAINS STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND EVEN SOME HAIL. RESIDENTS OF MARION COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.
Special weather statement, Mar 19, 11:32 AM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
TNZ001>005-016-VAZ008-009-013>016-KYZ006>009-WVZ003-004-006>008- NCZ006>013-SCZ001>004-GAZ002-191730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRISTOL TN 1125 AM EST THUR MAR 19 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR GREENE AND UNICOI COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST TENNESSEE UNTIL 4PM EST... AT 1125 AM EST...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE IN A 60 MILE WIDE AREA FROM NORTH OF BULEFIELD WEST VIRGINIA AND EXTENDED THROUGH SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA TO SOUTH OF HARRIMAN TENNESSEE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MAINLY NORTH TO WEST OF KNOXVILLE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WATCH AREA COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING WINDS. MOVEMENT TO TsHE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Mar 19, 12:12 PM EST, 27 minutes before
TNZ005-191800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN 1205 AM EST THU MAR 19 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4PM EST FOR SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND UPPER NORTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 1205 PM EST...CHATTANOOGA WEATHER RADAR WAS DETECTING NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND UPPER NORTHWEST GEORGIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HALF INCH HAIL OVER TRENTON GEORGIA...AND OVER RED BANK AND JASPER TENNESSEE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND UPPER NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL OF THESE STORMS AND BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS AS CONDITIONS WARRENT.
Special weather statement, Mar 19, 12:14 PM EST, 25 minutes before
TNZ005-191800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN 1205 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4PM EST FOR SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND UPPER NORTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 1205 PM EST...CHATTANOOGA WEATHER RADAR WAS DETECTING NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND UPPER NORTHWEST GEORGIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HALF INCH HAIL OVER TRENTON GEORGIA...AND OVER RED BANK AND JASPER TENNESSEE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND UPPERJ NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL OF THESE STORMS AND BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS AS CONDITIONS WARRENT.
Special weather statement, Mar 19, 12:39 PM EST, 0 minutes before
TNZ001>005-016-VAZ008-009-013>016-KYZ006>009-WVZ003-004-006>008- NCZ006>013-SCZ001>004-GAZ002-191845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRISTOL TN 1225 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR GREENE AND UNICOI COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST TENNESSEE UNTIL 4PM EST... AT 1225 PM EST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE IN A 20 MILE WIDE AREA THAT EXTENDED FROM PIKEVILLE TO 20 MILES EAST OF GATLINBURG TENNESSEE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING WIND. ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS CONTINUED FOME EASTERN KENTUCKY AND EXTENDED INTO SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...NORTHEAST TENNESSEE TO SOUTH OF ASHVILLE NORTH CAROLINA. MOVEMENT TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR FOR ALL ACTIVITY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 11:56 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Monroe | 64 min |
| Mar 19, 12:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sevier | 66 min |
| Mar 19, 1:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Monroe | 69 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.