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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Morristown, TN

June 20, 1995Wise County, Virginia

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1995, 6:31 PM EDT for Wise County, Virginia. It was in force for 29 min.

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Issued
Jun 20, 1995, 6:31 PM EDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 1995, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Wise County, VA

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 155 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1995-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 40 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1995-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 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
40 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-243 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1002 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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