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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Morristown, TN

April 21, 1995Fentress County, Morgan County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 21, 1995, 2:20 AM CDT for Fentress County, Morgan County, Tennessee. It was in force for 40 min.

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The facts

Issued
Apr 21, 1995, 2:20 AM CDT (07:20 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 1995, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fentress County, TN, Morgan County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 1995-04-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 143 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 1995-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 157 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
143 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1135 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
232 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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.