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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Morristown, TN

May 24, 1996Cumberland County, Fentress County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1996, 10:49 PM CDT for Cumberland County, Fentress County, Tennessee. It was in force for 56 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 24, 1996, 10:49 PM CDT (03:49 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1996, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cumberland County, TN, Fentress County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 10:55 PM CDTHail 0.75Clarkrange, 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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 1996-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2335 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 1996-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2335 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1646 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCarter, Sullivan64 min
May 24, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXJohnson61 min
May 24, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXLoudon55 min
May 24, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCarter, Sullivan65 min
May 24, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXUnion66 min
May 24, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBlount61 min
May 24, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXRhea54 min
May 24, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXKnox64 min
May 24, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXScott55 min
May 24, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHamilton62 min
May 24, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson, Morgan55 min
May 24, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXLoudon61 min
May 24, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXRoane49 min
May 24, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXJefferson61 min
May 24, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHancock61 min
May 24, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBradley58 min
May 24, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCampbell, Claiborne63 min
May 24, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHamblen62 min
May 24, 11:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMRXWashington3 hr
May 24, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMeigs, Rhea63 min
May 24, 11:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMRXCarter2 hr
May 24, 11:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMRXHancock2 hr
May 25, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMcMinn, Monroe63 min
May 25, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGreene, Washington59 min
May 25, 12:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBradley69 min
May 25, 12:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMcMinn, Monroe56 min
May 25, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMeigs, Rhea61 min
May 25, 12:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCarter, Unicoi56 min
May 25, 12:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBlount69 min
May 25, 12:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXPolk62 min
May 25, 1:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMRXRhea4 hr
May 25, 2:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMRXWashington3 hr
May 25, 2:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXSullivan39 min
May 25, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHawkins, Sullivan, Washington65 min
May 25, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGreene, Washington59 min
May 24, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXScott, Wise56 min
May 24, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXRussell, Washington66 min
May 24, 8:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMRXScott2 hr
May 24, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXLee67 min
May 25, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXScott39 min
May 25, 4:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMRXScott3 hr
May 25, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCherokee65 min
May 25, 1:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXClay57 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.