Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Morristown, TN

Issued

Mar 5, 1997, 9:59 AM EST (14:59 UTC)

Expired

Mar 5, 1997, 11:00 AM EST

In force

61 min

Issued by

NWS Morristown, TN

Area

Whole counties

County Morgan County, TN

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:01 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.

000 
TTAA00 KMRX 051501 RRA
SVRMRX
TNC129-051600-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE TRI CITIES TN
959 AM EST (859 AM CST) WED MAR 5 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KNOXVILLE TRI CITIES HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM EST (1000 AM CST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST TENNESSEE
 
   ...MORGAN COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHERN
PART OF MORGAN COUNTY FROM FENTRESS COUNTY. THE STORM WILL LIKELY
PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.
 
THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE
TOWN OF SUNBRIGHT AROUND 1030 AM EST.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIrL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

NWS Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 5, 9:45 AM EST, 14 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN
935 AM EST WED MAR 5 1997

STILL HAVE AFOS PROBLEMS...SO WILL LIKELY REMAIN UNDER DEDICATED
BACK-UP TO MEM MOST OF THE MRNG...IF NOT ALL DAY.  BNA/MRX RADAR SHOWS
A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACRS MID-TN INTO
NRN PLATEAU. RADAR SHOWS SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS BOWING OUT WITH
LOCALLY STG WINDS BEING REPORTED. BOTH BNA/MRX VWP SHOWS STG WINDS
ALOFT WITH GRIDDED DATA SHOWING GENERALLY UNIDIRECTIONAL WINDS
ALOFT THIS AFTERNOON...SO EXPECT STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WILL
REMAIN A THREAT. ALSO...RELATIVELY LOW WBZ ARE CONTRIBUTING TO
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. WE HAD A REPORT OF NICKEL SIZE HAIL ACRS
NRN FENTRESS COUNTY. WOULD SUGGEST INCLUDING...SOME STORMS MAY
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS FOR THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
EAST TENNESSEE AND CHEROKEE AND CLAY COUNTIES.

RADAR IS ALSO SHOWING SOME TRAINING OF CELLS WITH MRX WSR-88D
ESTIMATING UP TO ONE AN HOUR WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. GRIDDED
DATA SHOWS HIGH PWS (AROUND 1.2 INCHES ~ ABOUT 275 PERCENT ABOVE
NORMAL) EXPECTED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...SO FLASH FLOODING A
DEFINITE THREAT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

HAVE A GOOD DAY...

DH

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.