Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2000, 9:45 PM EDT for Hancock County, Tennessee. It was in force for 45 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
- Jul 29, 2000, 9:45 PM EDT (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2000, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hancock County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 302 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
- 322 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1359 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KMRX 300146 SVRMRX TNC067-300230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 945 PM EDT SAT JUL 29 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HANCOCK COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE * UNTIL 1030 PM EDT * AT 944 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF EVANSTON...OR 12 MILES WEST OF SNEEDVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... EVANSTON AROUND 955 PM EDT SNEEDVILLE AROUND 1015 PM EDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... WINDS UP TO 70 MPH...WHICH COULD PUSH OVER SHALLOW ROOTED TREES... AND DAMAGE CHIMNEYS AND TV ANTENNAS. HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...OR THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY! $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 29, 8:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 8:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 822 PM EDT SAT JUL 29 2000 CURRENT MESOANALYSIS SHOWS THE ATMOSPHERE UNSTABLE AHEAD OF THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY MOVING UP THE VALLEY. HOWEVER... BEHIND THE LINE OF STORMS...THE ATMOSPHERE HAS STABILIZED A LITTLE IN THE SUBSIDENCE REGION. WITH THAT IN MIND...SEE THE CURRENT LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CWA...AND CONVECTION ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND ALABAMA TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INTO A MORE STABLE AIRMASS. CURRENT ZONES LOOK GOOD...BUT WILL UPDATE THE ZONES AFTER WATCH BOX FOR SW VIRGINIA EXPIRES AND THUNDERSTORMS DISSIPATE. WILL LIKELY GO WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OR CHANCE POPS...DEPENDING ON CONVECTION TO THE WEST AND SOUTH. SHOULD HAVE A BREAK IN THE WEATHER OVERNIGHT...BEFORE THE NEXT SHORTWAVE AND ASSOCIATED JET MAX MOVES INTO THE AREA TOMORROW AFTERNOON...WHERE THE ATMOSPHERE WILL HAVE SIGINIFANT TO TIME TO RECOVER. UPPER LEVEL TROF WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED OVER THE AREA... SO COULD SEE SEVERAL MORE DAYS OF LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. .MRX... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. PDK
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 29, 6:06 PM EDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
606 PM EDT SAT JUL 29 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
...COUNTY LOCATION....
600 PM EAST OF CHATTANOOGA TN WIND DAMAGE
07/29/00 HAMILTON REPORTED BY DISPATCH
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
LINES DBOWN.
600 PM CHATTANOOGA 0.75 INCH HAIL
07/29/00 HAMILTON REPORTED BY DISPATCH
IN CHESTERFROST PARK.Local storm report, Jul 29, 6:34 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
634 PM EDT SAT JUL 29 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
...COUNTY LOCATION....
607 PM HARRISON TN 60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/29/00 HAMILTON REPORTED BY SPOTTERLocal storm report, Jul 29, 7:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
725 PM EDT SAT JUL 29 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
...COUNTY LOCATION....
600 PM HIXSON TN WIND DAMAGE
07/29/00 HAMILTON REPORTED BY SPOTTER
TREES DOWN AND CAMPERS
DAMAGED IN CHESTERFROST
PARK.
655 PM ATHENS TN WIND DAMAGE
07/29/00 MCMINN REPORTED BY DISPATCH
LIMBS BLOWN OFF TREES
700 PM SOUTHWEST PART COUNTY TN WIND DAMAGE
07/29/00 MEIGS REPORTED BY DISPATCH
TREES DOWN
700 PM YSWEETWATER TN WIND DAMAGE
07/29/00 MONROE REPORTED BY PUBLIC
TREES DOWNLocal storm report, Jul 29, 7:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
757 PM EDT SAT JUL 29 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
...COUNTY LOCATION....
730 PM MADISONVILLE TN WIND DAMAGE
07/29/00 MONROE REPORTED BY DISPATCH
ALSO AT SWEETWATER TREES
DOWN
745 PM SEVIERVILLE TN WIND DAMAGE
07/29/00 SEVIER REPORTED BY DISPATCH
TREES DOWN ON BACKROADS
NEAR SEVIERVILLELocal storm report, Jul 29, 8:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
825 PM EDT SAT JUL 29 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
...COUNTY LOCATION....
800 PM DANDRIDGE TN WIND DAMAGE
07/30/00 JEFFERSON REPORTED BY LOCAL SPOTTER
TREES DOWN
755 PM COUNTY WIDE TN WIND DAMAGE
07/30/00 LOUDON REPORTED BY DISPATCH
TREES DOWNLocal storm report, Jul 29, 9:05 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
905 PM EDT SAT JUL 29 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
...COUNTY LOCATION....
805 PM EAST PART COUNTY TN WIND DAMAGE
07/29/00 ROANE REPORTED BY DISPATCH
ONE TREE DOWN
825 PM COUNTY WIDE TN WIND DAMAGE
07/29/00 KNOX REPORTED BY DISPATCH
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
830 PM COUNTY WIDE TN WIND DAMAGE
07/29/00 ANDERSON REPORTED BY DISPATCH
TREES DOWNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox | 43 min |
| Jul 29, 8:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Union | 41 min |
| Jul 29, 9:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Jefferson | 48 min |
| Jul 29, 9:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne | 40 min |
| Jul 29, 9:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamblen | 39 min |
| Jul 30, 1:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Monroe | 25 min |
| Jul 30, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sevier | 33 min |
| Jul 30, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount | 46 min |
| Jul 30, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Jefferson | 29 min |
| Jul 30, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 51 min |
| Jul 30, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | McMinn | 40 min |
| Jul 30, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Meigs, Rhea | 29 min |
| Jul 30, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Rhea | 22 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.