Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 1995, 8:25 PM CST for Fentress County, Tennessee. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 1995, 8:25 PM CST (02:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1995, 9:30 PM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fentress County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 493 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -247 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -222 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 080225 RRA SVRTYS TNC049-080330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE TN 925 PM EST (825 PM CST) TUE MAR 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KNOXVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EST (930 PM CST) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL TENNESSEE ...FENTRESS COUNTY AT 823 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWEST CUMBERLAND COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE IN SOUTHERN FENTRESS COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. REMEMBER THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND SOMETIMES DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING...SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WI^NDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. NNNN
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 7, 3:39 PM CST, 4 hours 46 minutes before
TNZ011-012-013-014-034-035-036-037-038-039-040-041-066-067-068- 069-070-071-072-073-074-086-087-072300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE TN 439 PM EST (339 PM CST) TUE MAR 7 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL 8PM EST (7PM CST)..ANDERSON..CAMPBELL..CUMBERLAND..MORGAN..PICKETT ROANE..AND SCOTT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND MIDDLE EAST TENNESSEE FOR TONIGHT... AT 430 PM EST (330 PM CST) WEATHER RADAR SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG THE CENTRAL PART OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OR FLASH FLOODING WERE OCCURRING AT 430 PM EST (330 PM CST) HOWEVER...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR BOTH TO OCCUR. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND HEED ANY WARNINGS THAT ARE ISSUED. WS NNNN
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 3:50 PM CST, 4 hours 35 minutes before
TNZ015>018-042>047-VAZ001>009-072300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRISTOL TENNESSEE 450 PM EST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST TENNESSEE FOR TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEEE...IN ADVANCE OF A VERY ACTIVE COLD FRONT. THE FRONTAL SYSTEM EXTENDED SOUTHWEST THROUGHT WESTERN KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD...REACHING NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AFTER SUNRISE WEDNESDAY. THE ASSOCIATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AND READY TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND WHEN FLASH FLOODING THREATENS. STAY TUNE TO RADIO...TELEVISION AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION...AS IT IS AVAILABLE. END/RS
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 7:35 PM CST, 50 minutes before
TNZ011-012-013-014-034-035-036-037-038-066-067-068-069-071-080230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE TN 835 PM EST (735 PM CST) TUE MAR 7 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST TENNESSEE UNTIL 2AM EST... AT 830 PM EST WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG THE SOUTH PART OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. THE CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WITH THIS LINOF THUNDERSTORMS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE IN SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY WITHIN AN HOUR OR SO. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EAST TENNESSEE ARE IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH: ANDERSON..BLOUNT..CAMPBELL..CLAIBORNE..CUMBERLAND..FENTRESS..GRAINGER..K XLOUDON..MORGAN..PICKETT..ROANE..SCOTT..AND UNION. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS POTENTIALLDANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. WS NNNN
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 7:41 PM CST, 44 minutes before
*NZ011-012-013-014-034-035-036-037-038-066-067-068-069-071-080230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR FORMAT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE TN 835 PM EST (735 PM CST) TUE MAR 7 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST TENNESSEE UNTIL 2AM EST... AT 830 PM EST WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG THE SOUTH PART OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. THE CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WITH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE IN SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY WITHIN AN HOUR OR SO. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EAST TENNESSEE ARE IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH: ANDERSON..BLOUNT..CAMPBELL..CLAIBORNE..CUMBERLAND..FENTRESS..GRAINGER.. KNOX..LOUDON..MORGAN..PICKETT..ROANE..SCOTT..AND UNION. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. WS NNNN
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 7:47 PM CST, 38 minutes before
TNZ011-012-013-014-034-035-036-037-038-066-067-068-069-071-080230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE TN 835 PM EST (735 PM CST) TUE MAR 7 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST TENNESSEE UNTIL 2AM EST... AT 830 PM EST WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG THE SOUTH PART OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. THE CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WITH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE IN SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY WITHIN AN HOUR OR SO. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EAST TENNESSEE ARE IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH: ANDERSON..BLOUNT..CAMPBELL..CLAIBORNE..CUMBERLAND..FENTRESS..GRAINGER.. KNOX..MONROE..LOUDON..MORGAN..PICKETT..ROANE..SCOTT..AND UNION. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS POTENTIALL ANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. WS NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 8:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cumberland | 56 min |
| Mar 7, 9:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan, Scott | 60 min |
| Mar 7, 9:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Roane | 60 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.