Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 1995, 10:45 PM EST for Roane County, Tennessee. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 1995, 10:45 PM EST (03:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1995, 11:45 PM EST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Roane County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 4:50 PM EST, 5 hours 55 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, 8:35 PM EST, 2 hours 10 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, 8:41 PM EST, 2 hours 4 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, 8:47 PM EST, 1 hour 58 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
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 10:30 PM EST, 15 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 9:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cumberland | 56 min |
| Mar 7, 9:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Fentress | 65 min |
| Mar 7, 10:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan, Scott | 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.