Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 1997
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 5, 1997, 10:53 AM EST for Campbell County, Tennessee. It was in force for 37 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
- Mar 5, 1997, 10:53 AM EST (15:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 1997, 11:30 AM EST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Campbell County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 11:04 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 338 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 848 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 95 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 322 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMRX 051555 RRA TORMRX TNC013-051630- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE TRI CITIES TN 1053 AM EST WED MAR 5 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KNOXVILLE TRI CITIES HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST TENNESSEE ...CAMPBELL COUNTY A HIGHWAY PATROLMAN REPORTED A TORNADO ALONG THE CAMPBELL - SCOTT COUNTY LINE MOVING TOWARDS CARYVILLE. IF IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH JAS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 8:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Fentress | 52 min |
| Mar 5, 8:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 66 min |
| Mar 5, 9:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cumberland, Fentress | 66 min |
| Mar 5, 9:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan | 61 min |
| Mar 5, 10:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 56 min |
| Mar 5, 10:21 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell | 69 min |
| Mar 5, 10:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Union | 58 min |
| Mar 5, 11:30 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Morgan, Scott | 60 min |
| Mar 5, 11:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hancock | 55 min |
| Mar 5, 11:41 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Cumberland, Fentress, Morgan, Scott | 4 hr |
| Mar 5, 11:41 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Hancock | 4 hr |
| Mar 5, 11:41 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Union | 4 hr |
| Mar 5, 11:59 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Union | 46 min |
| Mar 5, 11:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Union | 46 min |
| Mar 5, 12:49 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hawkins | 4 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Rhea, Roane | 35 min |
| Mar 5, 2:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Knox, Loudon | 39 min |
| Mar 5, 2:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Sevier | 36 min |
| Mar 5, 3:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Greene | 61 min |
| Mar 5, 4:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter | 51 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.