Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 41, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 1998, 11:54 PM EDT for Blount County, Loudon County, Tennessee. It was in force for 46 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
- Apr 16, 1998, 11:54 PM EDT (03:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 1998, 12:40 AM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Blount County, TN, Loudon County, TN
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 11:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 263 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
- 1217 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 280 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 368 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
667 WFUS01 KMRX 170355 RRA TORMRX TNC009-105-170440- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN 1154 PM EDT THU APR 16 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BLOUNT COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE SOUTHEASTERN LOUDON COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE * UNTIL 1240 AM EDT * AT 1150 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER SOUTHEAST LOUDON COUNTY NEAR GREENBACK... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... MARYVILLE AT 1220 AM EDT GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Apr 16, 10:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 10:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN 1020 PM EDT THU APR 16 1998 BUSY MORNING WITH SEVERE CONVECTION MOVING IN FROM MIDDLE TN AND NEW STUFF FORMING OVER CWA. MODIFIED BNA SOUNDING LOOKS LIKE MORE OF A TORNADO SOUNDING AS CELLS MOVE DUE EAST INCREASING HELICITY LOCALLY. PARTS OF LINEAR CONVECTION WILL HAVE MORE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE. IN ADDITION...NEARLY SATURATED SOUNDING WITH PW OF 1.42 AT BNA WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF VARIOUS DEGREES AS ECHOES TRAIN. MOST WILL BE URBAN/SMALL STREAM FLOODING WITH ISOLATED FFW EXPECTED LATER. DO NOT RECOMMEND FFA ATTM...AS FLORA HAS THICKENED CONSIDERABLY AND BLV FLOODING WILL BE MORE SPOTTY THAN WIDESPREAD TODAY. TONIGHT MAY BE ANOTHER STORY AS SEVERE CONVECTION WEAKENS AND TEMP/DP SPREADS NARROW. AGREE WITH TEMPS AND POPS IN ZONES...WE MAY BE A LITTLE COOLER THAN FORCAST IN NORTHERN ZONES AS CLOUDS KEEP SUN OUT...BUT DONT BELV AN UPDATE IS IN ORDER. GOTTA RUN. BB
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 16, 7:35 PM EDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN
735 PM EDT THU APR 16 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
425 PM NEAR HARROGATE TN WIND DAMAGE
04/16/98 CLAIBORNE TREES DOWN AND POWER LINES
DOWN NEAR HARROGATE
1 NURSING HOME ALSO DAMAGED
NEAR HARROGATE
435 PM NEAR JONESVILLE VA 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/16/98 LEE
540 PM NEAR JONESVILLE VA WIND DAMAGE
04/16/98 LEE 5 FOOT TREE UPROOTED 3 MILES
WEST OF HIGHWAY 58
445 PM TN 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/16/98 HAMILTON DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
COUNTY-WIDE
525 PM CLEVELAND TN 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/16/98 BRADLEY QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
IN DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND
545 PM TN 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/16/98 MCMINN DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN
NORTHEAST MCMINN COUNTY
548 PM TN 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/16/98 MEIGS DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR
DECATUR IN MEIGS COUNTY
540 PM WOLF CREEK AREA TN TORNADO
04/16/98 RHEA POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
REPORTED IN THE WOLF CREEK
AREA
540 PM TN 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/16/98 RHEA QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
NEAR THE RHEA COUNTY AIRPORT
540 PM TN WIND DAMAGE
04/16/98 RHEA NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
COUNTY-WIDE
530 PM TN 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/16/98 MEIGS DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
COUNTY-WIDE
530 PM NEAR KINGSPORT TN WIND DAMAGE
04/16/98 SULLIVAN TREES DOWN IN THE KINGSPORT
AREA
545 PM NEAR KINGSTON TN WIND DAMAGE
04/16/98 ROANE TREES DOWN NEAR KINGSTON
608 PM TN 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/16/98 KNOX DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON
WATTS ROAD IN WESTERN KNOX
COUNTY
610 PM TN 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/16/98 KNOX ONE-INCH DIAMETER HAIL
REPORTED IN WESTERN KNOX
COUNTY
620 PM TELLICO MOUNTAIN TN 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/16/98 MONROE QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
NEAR TELLICO MOUNTAIN
615 PM TN WIND DAMAGE
04/16/98 MONROE TREES DOWN IN THE SOUTHERN
PART OF MONROE COUNTY
630 PM NEAR HIGHWAY 70 TN 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/16/98 CUMBERLAND QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
ON HIGHWAY 70
650 PM TN WIND DAMAGE
04/16/98 CUMBERLAND ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF A HOME
NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED IN
THE SOUTHERN PART OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
700 PM TN WIND DAMAGE
04/16/98 MORGAN TREES DOWN AND ROOF DAMAGE
IN THE NORTHERN PART OF
MORGAN COUNTYLocal storm report, Apr 16, 11:50 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN
1150 PM EDT THU APR 16 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
438 PM JONESVILLE VA WIND DAMAGE
04/16/98 LEE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
IN JONESVILLE
700 PM TN 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/16/98 MONROE QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
IN EASTERN MONROE COUNTY
715 PM SHADY GROVE TN WIND DAMAGE
04/16/98 MORGAN 3 ROOFS ON HOMES AND 1
TRAILER DAMAGED BY WIND IN
THE SHADY GROVE COMMUNITY
717 PM EWING VA 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/16/98 LEE GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
IN EWING
730 PM TN 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/16/98 ANDERSON QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
COUNTY-WIDE
**A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SPOTTED
NEAR CLINTON AT 745**
730 PM VA 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/16/98 LEE GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
COUNTY-WIDE BY A LOCAL TV
METEOROLOGIST
800 PM TN 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/16/98 ANDERSON QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
COUNTY-WIDE
800 PM TN WIND DAMAGE
04/16/98 ANDERSON TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 61
800 PM TN WIND DAMAGE
04/16/98 UNION TREES DOWN COUNTY-WIDE
800 PM TN 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/16/98 UNION GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
COUNTY-WIDE
815 PM TAZEWELL TN 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/16/98 CLAIBORNE DIME SIZE HAIL COVERING THE
GROUND IN TAZEWELL
815 PM NEAR KINGSTON TN WIND DAMAGE
04/16/98 ROANE TREES DOWN IN THE KINGSTON
AREA
815 PM NEAR KINGSTON TN 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/17/98 ROANE GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
NEAR KINGSTON
830 PM TN 1.25 INCH HAIL
04/17/98 LOUDON HALF-DOLLAR SIZE HAIL
REPORTED IN NORTHERN LOUDON
COUNTY
830 PM ANTIOCH TN WIND DAMAGE
04/17/98 LOUDON TREES DOWN IN THE ANTIOCH
COMMUNITY
855 PM STRAWBERRY PLAINS TN 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/17/98 KNOX DIME TO NICKLE SIZE HAIL
REPORTED IN STRWWBERRY
PLAINS ON THE KNOX/JEFFERSON
COUNTY LINE
855 PM STRAWBERRY PLAINS TN WIND DAMAGE
04/17/98 KNOX LARGE TREES DOWN IN THE
STRAWBERRY PLAINS AREA
...KNOX/JEFFERSON COUNTY
LINE
900 PM CRESTON TN 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/17/98 CUMBERLAND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
IN THE CRESTON COMMUNITY
855 PM TN 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/17/98 SEVIER LARGE TREES DOWN IN THE
VICINITY OF THE
SEVIER/JEFFERSON/KNOX COUNTY
LINE
1030 PM TN FLOODING
04/17/98 CLAIBORNE EAGAN BRIDGE UNDER WATER IN
THE CLAIRFIELD AREA OF
CLAIBORNE COUNTY
1030 PM ANDERSONVILLE TN FLOODING
04/17/98 ANDERSON ROADS FLOODED IN THE
ANDERSONVILLE, OLIVER
SPRINGS, AND LAKE CITY
COMMUNITIES
1030 PM TN FLOODING
04/17/98 UNION ROADS FLOODED COUNTY-WIDE
**THE TOWN OF SHARP'S CHAPEL
BEING EVACUATED DUE TO
FLOODING**
1030 PM JACKSBORO AREA TN FLOODING
04/17/98 CAMPBELL ROADS FLOODED IN THE
JACKSBORO AREAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 8:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hancock | 63 min |
| Apr 16, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon, Roane | 59 min |
| Apr 16, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Knox | 65 min |
| Apr 16, 8:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cumberland | 63 min |
| Apr 16, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Jefferson, Sevier | 65 min |
| Apr 16, 9:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hamblen, Jefferson | 64 min |
| Apr 16, 9:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Greene | 63 min |
| Apr 16, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 9:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Meigs, Rhea | 62 min |
| Apr 16, 9:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Union | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 9:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 10:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 64 min |
| Apr 16, 11:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Anderson, Roane | 5 hr |
| Apr 16, 11:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Meigs, Rhea | 61 min |
| Apr 16, 11:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley | 61 min |
| Apr 16, 11:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley | 34 min |
| Apr 16, 11:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | McMinn | 49 min |
| Apr 16, 11:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon, Monroe, Roane | 61 min |
| Apr 17, 12:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Loudon | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Polk | 63 min |
| Apr 17, 12:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Knox | 3 hr |
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.