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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Morristown, TN

April 3, 1998Hamilton County, Meigs County, Rhea County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 1998, 6:23 PM EST for Hamilton County, Meigs County, Rhea County, Tennessee. It was in force for 52 min. 3 reports 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
Apr 3, 1998, 6:23 PM EST (23:23 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 1998, 7:15 PM EST
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hamilton County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Rhea County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 3, 6:35 PM ESTHail 0.75Dayton, TN
Apr 3, 7:10 PM ESTHail 0.75Decatur, TN
Apr 3, 7:15 PM ESTThunderstorm WindSale Creek, 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 3, 2:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 1998-04-03Temperature 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 1998-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 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.

991 
WFUS01 KMRX 032326 RRA
TORMRX
TNC065-121-143-040015-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE TRI CITIES TN
623 PM EST FRI APR 3 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KNOXVILLE TRI CITIES HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST TENNESSEE
 
   ...HAMILTON COUNTY...MEIGS COUNTY...RHEA COUNTY
 
AT 625 PM EST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN ISOLATED STORM ALONG THE
HAMILTON RHEA COUNTY LINE MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. THE PUBLIC HAS REPORTED
A FUNNEL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM.
 
AT THIS SAME TIME A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORNADOES POSSIBLE
ARE IN MARION AND SEQUATCHIE COUNTIES MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.  THESE WILL
BE IN HAMILTON...RHEA...AND MEIGS COUNTIES BETWEEN 630 AND 645 PM EST.
TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN THESE AREAS.
 
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 4:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMorgan, Roane28 min
Apr 3, 4:16 PM ESTTornado WarningMRXMeigs, Rhea44 min
Apr 3, 4:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson43 min
Apr 3, 4:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXKnox, Union45 min
Apr 3, 5:00 PM ESTTornado WarningMRXBradley, Hamilton45 min
Apr 3, 5:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXClaiborne, Grainger67 min
Apr 3, 5:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHamblen, Hancock, Hawkins53 min
Apr 3, 5:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBlount, Knox38 min
Apr 3, 5:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXFentress44 min
Apr 3, 5:47 PM ESTTornado WarningMRXBlount, Knox28 min
Apr 3, 5:52 PM ESTTornado WarningMRXFentress53 min
Apr 3, 5:55 PM ESTTornado WarningMRXSevier35 min
Apr 3, 5:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMonroe34 min
Apr 3, 6:08 PM ESTTornado WarningMRXJefferson37 min
Apr 3, 6:08 PM ESTTornado WarningMRXCumberland52 min
Apr 3, 6:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCocke, Greene65 min
Apr 3, 6:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXSullivan65 min
Apr 3, 6:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXScott44 min
Apr 3, 6:31 PM ESTTornado WarningMRXCocke29 min
Apr 3, 6:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMcMinn40 min
Apr 3, 6:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXWashington60 min
Apr 3, 6:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMorgan, Roane58 min
Apr 3, 6:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCampbell58 min
Apr 3, 6:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCumberland26 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.