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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1996, 8:07 PM EDT for Blount County, Tennessee. It was in force for 68 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 1996, 8:07 PM EDT (00:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1996, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Blount County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 8:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | South Part, TN |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 263 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
- 628 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1799 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 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.
NWS Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 27, 2:17 PM EDT, 5 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 2:17 PM EDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN 215 PM EDT MON MAY 27 1996 OUTFLOW BNDRY CURRENTLY STRETCHING FROM SOMERSET KY TO AROUND BNA AND THEN WWD TO AROUND MO BOOTHEEL. SRN END HAS SLOWED DOWN CONSIDERABLY BUT WL SPEED UP AS MORE CONVECTION RACES EWD ACROSS AR. EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS IS IN PLACE ACROSS EAST TN... SW VA AND SW NC. THUS NEEDLESS TO SAY WE WL CONTINUE THE THREAT FOR DMGG WINDS/LARGE HAIL ACROSS MOST OF THE RGN TNT. FLASH FLOODING THREAT WL ALSO CONTINUE AS MOISTURE CONTENT AND POTENTIAL FOR REPEAT ACTIVITY WL REMAIN HIGH TNT. CURRENT CONFIGURATION LOOKS GOOD. THUS LKLY POPS FOR ALL ZONES TNT. ACTIVITY WL TAPER OFF WELL AFT MIDNIGHT AS DRIER AIR TRIES TO WORK IN FROM THE WEST. ON TUE NVA ALONG WITH DRIER AIR WL KEEP STORMS ONLY SCTD AT BEST. MAIN AREAS OF CONVECTION WL BE TO OUR NORTH ALONG THE QUASI-STNRY FNTL BNDRY. THE FNT WL BEGIN SINKING SWD ON WED AS PRESSURES RISE ACROSS THE GRT LKS RGN. THUS POPS WL BE INCREASING THROUGH THE DAY ON WED. TEMPS WL REMAIN SUMMER-LIKE THROUGH THE PD. MB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 8:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson | 68 min |
| May 27, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sevier | 55 min |
| May 28, 4:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | McMinn, Meigs | 58 min |
| May 28, 4:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton, Rhea | 58 min |
| May 27, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 60 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.