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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Morristown, TN

May 2, 1997Hamilton County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at May 2, 1997, 7:37 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 53 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
May 2, 1997, 7:37 PM EDT (23:37 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 1997, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Hamilton County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 12:00Z on 1997-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1997-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 160 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2241 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
297 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMRX 022335 RRA
TORMRX
TNC065-030030-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE TRI CITIES TN
737 PM EDT FRI MAY 2 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KNOXVILLE TRI CITIES HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST TENNESSEE
 
   ...HAMILTON COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO IN JACKSON
COUNTY ALABAMA...THIS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH INTO HAMILTOCOUNTY BY 745 PM EDT. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CHATTANOOGA METRO AREA.
THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS. TAKE COVER NOW.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE
INNERMOST PORTI@ON OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET TO
A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE.  AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR
BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.

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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.