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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Morristown, TN

April 23, 1995Knox County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 1995, 9:03 PM EDT for Knox County, Tennessee. It was in force for 27 min.

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Issued
Apr 23, 1995, 9:03 PM EDT (01:03 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 1995, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Knox County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 296 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 1995-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 945 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 1995-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
945 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1093 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
7.2

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