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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Morristown, TN

May 13, 1995Carter County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 2:52 PM EDT for Carter County, Tennessee. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1995, 2:52 PM EDT (18:52 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1995, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Carter County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 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

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 201 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC 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.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 1995-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 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
1520 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
368 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTYS 131852
SVRTRI
TNC019-131945-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRISTOL TN
ISSUED BY KNOXVILLE TRI CITY TN
252 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST TENNESSEE
 
   ...CARTER COUNTY
 
AT 250 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS CARTER COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 40 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 INT0ERIOR 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, May 13, 10:08 AM EDT, 4 hours 44 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

NNNN
Special weather statement, May 13, 12:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
TTAAVA KTRI 131648
VAZ001-002-110000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...AND RADAR SUMMARY...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRISTOL TN
ISSUED BY KNOXVILLE TRI CITY TN
1238 PM EDT SUN MAY 13 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TILL 5 PM FOR HANCOCK COUNTY...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR
HANCOCK COUNTY TILL 5 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS
ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS..LARGE HAIL..GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING
ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

TRI-CITIES RADAR DETECTED RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OCCURING IN
SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY AND OVER THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAUOF TENNESSE. AN INTENSE
STORM WAS OCCURRING WEST OF TAZEWELL TENNESSEE.
MOVEMENT OF STORM WAS EAST AT 40 MPH.
Special weather statement, May 13, 1:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
TTAAVA KTRI 131730
VAZ001-002-110000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRISTOL TN
ISSUED BY KNOXVILLE TRI CITY TN
138 PM EDT SUN MAY 13 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TILL 5 PM FOR HANCOCK COUNTY...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR
HANCOCK COUNTY TILL 5 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS
ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS..LARGE HAIL..GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING
ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 10:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCumberland, Fentress55 min
May 13, 10:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXPickett55 min
May 13, 10:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMorgan68 min
May 13, 11:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXScott41 min
May 13, 12:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXClaiborne, Union69 min
May 13, 12:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCampbell67 min
May 13, 1:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHancock, Hawkins56 min
May 13, 1:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXPickett42 min
May 13, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXFentress58 min
May 13, 2:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMorgan, Scott47 min
May 13, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCampbell57 min
May 13, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXUnion49 min
May 13, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGreene26 min
May 13, 4:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMRXCampbell, Union2 hr
May 13, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHamblen, Jefferson34 min
May 13, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGreene65 min
May 13, 6:21 PM EDTSevere 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.