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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Morristown, TN

May 14, 1995Sullivan County, Tennessee; Washington County, Virginia

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1995, 8:01 AM EDT for Sullivan County, Tennessee; Washington County, Virginia. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1995, 8:01 AM EDT (12:01 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1995, 9:00 AM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Sullivan County, TN, Washington County, VA

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 197 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1995-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 44 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
44 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-119 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, 6:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXPickett42 min
May 14, 6:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXFentress57 min
May 14, 6:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCumberland, Morgan, Scott52 min
May 14, 6:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCampbell, Claiborne38 min
May 14, 7:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson, Union31 min
May 14, 7:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHancock59 min
May 14, 7:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXKnox, Roane46 min
May 14, 7:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGrainger46 min
May 14, 7:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXScott45 min
May 14, 7:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCumberland44 min
May 14, 7:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXLoudon44 min
May 14, 7:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCocke, Hamblen, Jefferson, Sevier46 min
May 14, 7:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBlount, Monroe46 min
May 14, 8:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGreene59 min
May 14, 6:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXLee, Wise45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 1995Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 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.