Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 250, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1997, 1:06 PM EDT for Roane County, Tennessee. It was in force for 69 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
- Jul 28, 1997, 1:06 PM EDT (17:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 1997, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Roane County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 1:20 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Kingston, 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 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 3105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1167 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
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 Jul 28, 9:30 AM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 9:30 AM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 28, 11:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-034>047-066>074-083>087-099>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-290400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN 1130 AM EDT MON JUL 28 1997 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF TENNESSEE BY TUESDAY MORNING. AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT THE AIRMASS WILL BE VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. THEREFORE STRONG TO EVEN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WILL INITIALLY BE MOST NUMEROUS ACROSS THE AREAS TO THE NORTH OF TENNESSEE. HOWEVER BY TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS MOST OF EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. SPOTTER GROUPS ANSD EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS WILL NEED TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. MB
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 11:33 AM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-034>047-066>074-083>087-099>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-290400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN 1130 AM EDT MON JUL 28 1997 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF TENNESSEE BY TUESDAY MORNING. AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT THE AIRMASS WILL BE VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. THEREFORE STRONG TO EVEN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WILL INITIALLY BE MOST NUMEROUS ACROSS THE AREAS TO THE NORTH OF TENNESSEE. HOWEVER BY TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS MOST OF EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. SPOTTER GROUPS ANSD EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS WILL NEED TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. MB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 12:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan | 27 min |
| Jul 28, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson | 65 min |
| Jul 28, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | McMinn | 69 min |
| Jul 28, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan | 49 min |
| Jul 28, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell | 59 min |
| Jul 28, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Union | 61 min |
| Jul 28, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne | 58 min |
| Jul 28, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cumberland | 46 min |
| Jul 28, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton | 43 min |
| Jul 28, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cumberland | 30 min |
| Jul 28, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hawkins | 43 min |
| Jul 28, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene | 51 min |
| Jul 28, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 35 min |
| Jul 28, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell | 54 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.