Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 1997
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 5, 1997, 11:30 AM EST for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 60 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, 11:30 AM EST (16:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 1997, 12:30 PM EST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Anderson County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Scott County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:33 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, 11:45 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Nrn Part Of County, 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 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 323 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 672 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
051 WFUS01 KMRX 051632 RRA TORMRX TNC001-013-129-151-051730- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE TRI CITIES TN 1130 AM EST (1030 AM CST) WED MAR 5 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KNOXVILLE TRI CITIES HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 PM EST (1130 AM CST) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST TENNESSEE ...ANDERSON COUNTY...SOUTHERN CAMPBELL COUNTY ...EASTERN MORGAN COUNTY...SOUTHERN SCOTT COUNTY AT 1130 AM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WITH A TORNADO IN MORGAN COUNTY JUST NORTH OF WARTBURG. 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 AS 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, 10:53 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Campbell | 37 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.