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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Morristown, TN

March 29, 1997Bradley County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 1997, 1:33 AM EST for Bradley County, Tennessee. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 29, 1997, 1:33 AM EST (06:33 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 1997, 2:00 AM EST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Bradley County, TN

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 28, 10:45 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 1997-03-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1331 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1997-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 223 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1331 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1544 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
390 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
11.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMRX 290636 RRA
TORMRX
TNC011-290700-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE TRI CITIES TN
133 AM EST SAT MAR 29 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KNOXVILLE TRI CITIES HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST TENNESSEE
 
   ...BRADLEY COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A VERY DANGEROUS STORM MOVING INTO BRADLEY
COUNTY. THIS STORM IS NEAR PINE HILL AND WILL MOVE EAST AT 35 MILES AN
HOUR. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCED A TORNADO IN SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY.
 
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 AVfAILABLE...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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 11:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXFentress45 min
Mar 28, 11:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson49 min
Mar 28, 11:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMorgan21 min
Mar 28, 11:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMorgan32 min
Mar 29, 12:07 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXKnox53 min
Mar 29, 12:11 AM ESTTornado WarningMRXKnox34 min
Mar 29, 12:17 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMcMinn, Monroe43 min
Mar 29, 12:26 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCampbell49 min
Mar 29, 12:39 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHamblen, Jefferson51 min
Mar 29, 12:42 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHamilton63 min
Mar 29, 1:05 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMeigs, Rhea25 min
Mar 29, 1:12 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMcMinn33 min
Mar 29, 1:42 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXPolk48 min
Mar 29, 2:01 AM ESTTornado WarningMRXPolk29 min
Mar 29, 2:17 AM ESTTornado WarningMRXBradley13 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.