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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Morristown, TN

May 14, 1995Cumberland County, Morgan County, Scott County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1995, 5:38 AM CDT for Cumberland County, Morgan County, Scott County, Tennessee. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1995, 5:38 AM CDT (10:38 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1995, 6:30 AM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cumberland County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Scott County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3482 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 291 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
3482 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
806 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
291 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
359 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
6.4
Supercell composite
30.1

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 5:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXPickett42 min
May 14, 5:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXFentress57 min
May 14, 5:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCampbell, Claiborne38 min
May 14, 6:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson, Union31 min
May 14, 6:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHancock59 min
May 14, 6:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXKnox, Roane46 min
May 14, 6:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGrainger46 min
May 14, 6:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXScott45 min
May 14, 6:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCumberland44 min
May 14, 6:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXLoudon44 min
May 14, 6:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCocke, Hamblen, Jefferson, Sevier46 min
May 14, 6:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBlount, Monroe46 min
May 14, 7:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXSullivan59 min
May 14, 7:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGreene59 min
May 14, 5:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXLee, Wise45 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.