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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Morristown, TN

June 2, 1999Hamblen County, Jefferson County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1999, 6:48 PM EDT for Hamblen County, Jefferson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 32 min. 2 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
Jun 2, 1999, 6:48 PM EDT (22:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1999, 7:20 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hamblen County, TN, Jefferson County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 2, 7:00 PM EDTThunderstorm WindNew Market, TN
Jun 2, 7:10 PM EDTThunderstorm WindMorristown, 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
Jun 2, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 325 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1999-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 72 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1999-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
72 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1016 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 12:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHamblen, Jefferson64 min
Jun 2, 12:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCocke, Greene62 min
Jun 2, 12:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHawkins63 min
Jun 2, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXScott63 min
Jun 2, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCampbell66 min
Jun 2, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMonroe32 min
Jun 2, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMorgan44 min
Jun 2, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson, Morgan62 min
Jun 2, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXRoane46 min
Jun 2, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXKnox48 min
Jun 2, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGrainger50 min
Jun 2, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHawkins31 min
Jun 2, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCocke34 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.