Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS Morristown, TN

Issued

Nov 9, 2000, 1:11 AM CST (07:11 UTC)

Expired

Nov 9, 2000, 1:45 AM CST

In force

34 min

Issued by

NWS Morristown, TN

Area

Whole counties

County Marion County, 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.

000 
WUUS54 KMRX 090715
SVRMRX
TNC115-090745-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
111 AM CST THU NOV 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUED FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 145 AM CST

* AT 115 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 41 NORTH OF JASPER 
TO OVER JASPER TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF JASPER...MOVING EAST AT 20 
MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  POWELLS CROSSROADS AROUND 120 AM CST
  CARTWRIGHT AROUND 125 AM CST

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  WINDS UP TO 60 MPH...WHICH COULD PUSH OVER SHALLOW ROOTED TREES AND
  BREAK LIMBS OFF OF TREES ABOUT THE SIZE OF YOUR WRIST.
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. REMEMBER...TORNADOES CAN AND
OCCASIONALLY DO DEVELOP RAPIDLY IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF
THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED...MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

$$

LAT...LON 3533 8557 3499 8559 3506 8537 3525 8541

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NWS Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Nov 8, 7:55 PM CST, 5 hours 16 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
855 PM EST WED NOV 8 2000

AREA RADAR SHOW SHOWERS MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE.
SOME MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AREA OF RAIN OVER
ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN TENNESSEE SO WILL CONTINUE WITH RAIN MAY BE
HEAVY AT TIMES OVER THE SOUTH. FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL SECTIONS
MESO-ETA SHOW INCREASING DOWNSLOPING WINDS AS LOW LEVEL JET
STRENGTHENS OVER THE FORECAST AREA. THIS WILL HELP TO INHIBIT
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS FROM MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE
VALLEY TONIGHT SO WILL DROP MENTION OF HEAVY RAINS THERE.

ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF
THE VALLEY WITH PWS OF 1.5 INCHES +...BUT FFG VALUES REMAIN
RELATIVELY HIGH GIVEN DROUGHT CONDITIONS THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE POSSIBLE BUT DOES NOT WARRANT
A FFA.

SPC JUST ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH BOX FOR AREAS WEST OF THE FORECAST
AREA. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A WARM FROM EXTENDING ACROSS
WEST AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE. INCREASING SHEAR NEAR THIS FRONT HAS
MADE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR ROTATING THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE THREAT
FOR LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AAND ISOLATED TORNADOES A POSSIBILITY.
WILL HAVE TO MONITOR THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS AS CONDITIONS SHIFT
EAST.

TEMPERATURE FORECAST LOOKS GOOD.  HAVE A GOOD NIGHT...

.MRX...
NC...NONE.
TN...NONE.
VA...NONE.

DH

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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