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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Morristown, TN

May 13, 1995Cumberland County, Fentress County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 9:20 AM CDT for Cumberland County, Fentress County, Tennessee. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1995, 9:20 AM CDT (14:20 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1995, 10:15 AM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cumberland County, TN, Fentress County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 147 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1995-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1995-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 343 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
874 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
343 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
359 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTYS 131420
SVRTYS
TNC035-049-137-131515-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE TN
1020 AM EDT (920 AM CDT) SAT MAY 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KNOXVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM EDT (1015 AM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL TENNESSEE
 
   ...NORTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY...FENTRESS COUNTY
   ...PICKETT COUNTY
 
AT 915AM CDT WEATHER RADAR HAS INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
APPROACHING NORTHERN CUMBERLAND...PICKETT...AND FENTRESS COUNTIES IN MID
ETENNESSEE MOVING AT 40 MPH.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS WEATHER SYSTEM.  SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT IF
POSSIBLE...AN INTERIOR HALLWAY IF IN A SINGLE STORY HOME. ABANDON MOBILE
HOMES FOR STURDIER SHELTER.
 
 
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.
 
 
JD
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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, May 13, 9:08 AM CDT, 12 minutes before
TNZ011-034-066-131500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE TN
1008 AM EDT (908 AM CDT) SAT MAY 13 1995

...POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING MIDDLE EASTERN TENNESSEE...

AT 9AM CDT WEATHER RADAR FROM MORRISTOWN INDICATED STRONG...POSSIBLY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING CUMBERLAND...FENTRESS...AND PICKETT
COUNTIES IN MIDDLE EASTERN TENNESSEE.

THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.  RESIDENTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF WARRANTED.

HIGH WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE
IN AND NEAR THESE STORMS.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS DURING
\THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.

JD

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 9:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXPickett55 min
May 13, 9:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMorgan68 min
May 13, 10:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXScott41 min
May 13, 11:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXClaiborne, Union69 min
May 13, 11:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCampbell67 min
May 13, 12:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHancock, Hawkins56 min
May 13, 12:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXPickett42 min
May 13, 1:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXFentress58 min
May 13, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMorgan, Scott47 min
May 13, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCarter53 min
May 13, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCampbell57 min
May 13, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXUnion49 min
May 13, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGreene26 min
May 13, 3:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMRXCampbell, Union2 hr
May 13, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHamblen, Jefferson34 min
May 13, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGreene65 min
May 13, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXWashington54 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.