Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 65, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 1998, 2:31 PM EDT for Bradley County, Tennessee. It was in force for 64 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
- Jun 10, 1998, 2:31 PM EDT (18:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1998, 3:35 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bradley County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland, 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3323 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 782 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 8.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
697 WFUS01 KMRX 101832 RRA TORMRX TNC011-101935- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN 231 PM EDT WED JUN 10 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BRADLEY COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE * UNTIL 335 PM EDT * AT 230 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR CLEVELAND... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... SOUTH CLEVELAND AT 235 PM 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 Jun 10, 2:13 PM EDT, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 2:13 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN 213 PM EDT WED JUN 10 1998 ...MAIN CONCERNS FFW POTENTIAL..SVR POTENTIAL..PRECIP IN LATER PERIODS..RECOMMEND FFW FOR ALL AREAS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT... ...CORRECTED FFW PERIOD AS TSRA ALREADY FIRING IN KY... ..THANKS MEM FOR COORD. CALL... HAVE GONE W/ THE ETA SOLUTION AS IT HAD THE BEST HANDLE ON THIS AFTNS MCS OVER SW KY..N AND SE TN. PRECIP AMNTS ARND 3 IN. IN AN HOUR PRODUCING NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING ACROSS THE CWA. CAPES ARND 4000 AND LIS ARND -10...K INDICES 45-50..AND PWS 1.5-2.0 INCHES. HEAVY RAIN A DEFINITE POTENTIAL THIS EVENING. RIDGE SFC AND ALOFT IS WEAK AND ALLOWING PRECIP TO MOVE SE ACRS CWA. THICKNESS PATTERNS STAY NW THROUGH F36 HOURS SO ANYTHING THAT DEVELOPS IN OK..KS..MO..IA..KY WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AND SOME COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE WEATHER. UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE ONCE AGAIN NOTICED ACROSS W TN AND MOST OF MO..TOWARDS 12Z THU MORNING. ATMOSPHERE REMAINS UNSTABLE THROUGH F48...SURFACE WARM FRONT REMAINS IN THE AREA FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WITH LINGERING OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES...POPS WARRENTED THROUGH FORECAST PERIOD. WITH HIGH PWS STAYING IN THE AREA...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE MOST AREAS THROUGH THE EVENING UPDATE..WOULD LIKE TO GO WITH A FFW FOR THIS EVENING ALL AREAS..AS THE PRECIP WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA WITH AN AREA OF SUBSIDENCE BEHIND IT...THEN FIRE UP AGAIN AROUND 3 AM. AFTER THESE SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA...SHOULD SEE A BREAK AND HAVE REDEVELOPMENT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RECOMMEND... FOR CRW...MEM...RDU (ALL AREAS)...GO A CAT COOLER ON TEMPS IN MTNS. ..FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS EVENING.. THIS EVENING...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. SOME MAY BE SEVERE. .TONIGHT...CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE MID 60S. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WIND. .THURSDAY...CONTINUED CLOUDY AND MUGGY WITH A GOOD CHANCE FOR THUNDERSOTRMS. HIGH AROUND 80. SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE FOR RAIN 50 PERCENT. .THURSDAY NIGHT...CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE MID 60S. CHANCE FOR RAIN 40 PERCENT. .FRIDAY...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. CHANCE FOR RAIN 30 PERCENT. THANKS...PDK
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 10, 8:40 AM EDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN
840 AM EDT WED JUN 10 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
250 AM LEBANON VA WIND DAMAGE
06/10/98 RUSSELL TREES REPORTED DOWN IN THE
LEBANON AREA BY EMA
320 AM IN GLADE SPRINGS VA 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/10/98 WASHINGTON DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN
THE TOWN OF GLADE SPRINGS.
REPORTED BY GLADE SPRINGS
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
RECEIVED FROM THE SHERIFFS
DISPATCH.
545 AM LEBANON VA WIND DAMAGE
06/10/98 RUSSELL NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN
LEBANONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 3:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Johnson | 36 min |
| Jun 10, 11:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cumberland | 60 min |
| Jun 10, 11:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Rhea | 46 min |
| Jun 10, 12:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Cumberland | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 12:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cumberland | 63 min |
| Jun 10, 12:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 62 min |
| Jun 10, 12:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Roane | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 1:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Polk | 33 min |
| Jun 10, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Meigs | 34 min |
| Jun 10, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Monroe | 62 min |
| Jun 10, 1:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon, McMinn | 66 min |
| Jun 10, 1:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Rhea | 66 min |
| Jun 10, 1:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Morgan, Roane | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 1:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Meigs, Rhea | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount | 19 min |
| Jun 10, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 62 min |
| Jun 10, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley | 65 min |
| Jun 10, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 61 min |
| Jun 10, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Polk | 61 min |
| Jun 10, 2:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Cumberland | 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.