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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Morristown, TN

May 18, 1995Grainger County, Jefferson County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at May 18, 1995, 10:10 PM EDT for Grainger County, Jefferson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1995, 10:10 PM EDT (02:10 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1995, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Grainger County, TN, Jefferson County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 260 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-19Temperature 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 00:00Z on 1995-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 225 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1240 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
225 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
361 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTYS 190210
TORTYS
TNC057-089-190300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE TN
1010 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KNOXVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL TENNESSEE
 
   ...GRAINGER COUNTY...JEFFERSON COUNTY
 
AT 1008 PM EDT A TORNADO WAS OVER EAST KNOX COUNTY MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
 
 
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 8:03 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXAnderson, Roane42 min
May 18, 8:29 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXKnox46 min
May 18, 8:52 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXGrainger, Union53 min
May 18, 9:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXLoudon, Monroe28 min
May 18, 9:07 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXHamblen, Jefferson53 min
May 18, 9:25 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXHawkins63 min
May 18, 9:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson, Knox42 min
May 18, 9:33 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXGreene57 min
May 18, 9:52 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXKnox68 min
May 18, 10:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMonroe43 min
May 18, 10:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXSullivan, Washington66 min
May 18, 10:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCumberland, Roane64 min
May 18, 10:31 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXHamblen44 min
May 18, 10:33 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXMonroe42 min
May 18, 10:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXLoudon55 min
May 18, 10:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHawkins60 min
May 18, 10:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBlount58 min
May 18, 10:52 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXLoudon53 min
May 18, 10:58 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXKnox62 min
May 18, 11:07 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXBlount68 min
May 18, 11:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXJefferson, Sevier55 min
May 18, 11:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCocke, Hamblen69 min
May 18, 11:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGreene, Hawkins62 min
May 18, 11:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMonroe67 min
May 19, 12:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXUnicoi60 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.