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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Morristown, TN

November 9, 2000Scott County, Virginia; Hawkins County, Sullivan County, Washington County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 9, 2000, 5:57 PM EST for Scott County, Virginia; Hawkins County, Sullivan County, Washington County, Tennessee. It was in force for 48 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: Nov 9, 2000, 5:57 PM EST (22:57 UTC)
Expired: Nov 9, 2000, 6:45 PM EST
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Hawkins County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Washington County, TN, Scott County, VA

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 9, 6:00 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Rogersville, TN	Trees down.
Nov 9, 6:40 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Countywide, TN	Trees down.
Nov 9, 6:40 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Countywide, TN	Trees down.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 9, 5:45 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	3 hr
Nov 9, 3:00 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 245 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 770 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 149 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.

000 
WUUS54 KMRX 092258
SVRMRX
TNC059-067-073-163-179-VAC105-169-092345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
557 PM EST THU NOV 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE
  HAWKINS COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE
  SULLIVAN COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE
  LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
  SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 645 PM EST

* AT 552 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF JONESVILLE
  TO CANEY BRANCH...OR FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF JONESVILLE TO 11    
  MILES NORTHEAST OF NEWPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. DAMAGING  
  WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  GREENEVILLE AROUND 605 PM EST
  BAILEYTON AROUND 610 PM EST
  CHUCKY AROUND 615 PM EST
  CHURCH HILL AROUND 620 PM EST
  KINGSPORT AROUND 625 PM EST
  WEBER CITY AROUND 630 PM EST

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.
  FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING.

SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!

$$

LAT...LON 3683 8332 3601 8312 3607 8258 3682 8254

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 Nov 9, 3:43 PM EST, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 9, 3:43 PM EST, 2 hours 14 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
343 PM EST THU NOV 9 2000

ABBREVIATED AFD DUE TO ONGOING WEATHER.  COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO CWA
FROM WEST WITH LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  TORNADO WATCH
CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF THE CWA THROUGH 8 PM EST.  PER MESOETA AND
AVN... WILL SEE WRAP-AROUND CLOUDS INTO NORTHEAST TN AND SOUTHWEST VA
INTO THE DAY TOMORROW...BUT EXPECT ALL FOLKS TO BE SUNNY BY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON. SHOULD HAVE AN UNEVENTFUL SATURDAY.

FCSTID = 29
CHA   41  56  33  61 /   5   0   0   0
TYS   40  55  32  58 /  30   0   0   0
TRI   42  50  31  57 /  70  20   0   0
OQT   41  54  31  57 /  20   0   0   0

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 9, 12:26 PM EST, 5 hours 31 minutes before

TNZ081>084-098>100-092200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1225 PM EST (1125 AM CST) THU NOV 9 2000

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE UNTIL 4 PM CST
(5 PM EST)...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE
THROUGH 4 PM CST (5 PM EST).  THE WATCH COVERS MARION...BLEDSOE...
SEQUATCHIE...HAMILTON...RHEA...MEIGS...AND BRADLEY COUNTIES.

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE TOWARD EAST TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON...AND
MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING.  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE WATCH
AREA.  AHEAD OF THE FRONT...THERE WILL BE ABUNDANT MOISTURE
AND SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY IN PLACE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SEVERE
WEATHER.

THE WINDS IN THE ATMOSPHERE THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE CAPABLE OF
SUPPORTING THUNDERSTORMS WHICH COULD BECOME TORNADIC.  STRONG
VERTICAL WIND SHEAR IS THE MAIN INGREDIENT.  THESE STORMS WILL ALSO
BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND STRAIGHT-LINE DAMAGING WINDS.

PLEASE KEEP YOURSELF INFORMED THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT THIS DEVELOPING
AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER XSITUATION.  STAY TUNED TO LOCAL OR
CABLE RADIO OR TV STATIONS...OR USE YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE
VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

SP

Local storm report, Nov 9, 3:39 PM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
339 PM EST THU NOV 9 2000

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ...COUNTY LOCATION....

0240 PM    KIMBALL                        WIND DAMAGE
11/09/00   MARION                         REPORTED BY DISPATCH
                                          NUMEROUS TREES AND
                                          POWERLINES DOWN

Local storm report, Nov 9, 3:48 PM EST, 2 hours 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
348 PM EST THU NOV 9 2000

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ...COUNTY LOCATION....

0300 PM    5 NW PIKEVILLE            TN   WIND DAMAGE
11/09/00   BLEDSOE                        REPORTED BY DISPATCH
                                          TREES DOWN ON ROAD

0315 PM    5 N DUNLAP                TN   WIND DAMAGE
11/09/00   SEQUATCHIE                     REPORTED BY DISPATCH
                                          TREES DOWN

0315 PM    EAST RIDGE                TN   WIND DAMAGE
11/09/00   HAMILTON                       REPORTED BY DISPATCH
                                          TREES AND POWERLINES
                                          DOWN

Local storm report, Nov 9, 4:29 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
429 PM EST THU NOV 9 2000

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ...COUNTY LOCATION....

330 PM     3 N BIRCHWOOD             TN   WIND DAMAGE
11/09/00   MEIGS                          REPORTED BY DISPATCH
                                          TREES DOWN ON BLYTHE
                                          FERRY ROAD OFF ROUTE 60
                                          NORTH OF BIRCHWOOD.

330 PM     12 NE DECATUR                  WIND DAMAGE
11/09/00   MEIGS                          REPORTED BY DISPATCH
                                          A TREE DOWNED ACROSS A
                                          POWERLINE CAUSING A FIRE
                                          ON RIVER ROAD NORTH NEAR
                                          TEN MILE.

330 PM     DAYTON                    TN   WIND DAMAGE
11/09/00   RHEA                           REPORTED BY DISPATCH
                                          SEVERAL TREES DOWNED
                                          WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS
                                          OF DAYTON AND ACROSS THE
                                          SOUTHERN PART OF THE
                                          COUNTY.

0340 PM    1 S SUNBRIGHT             TN   WIND DAMAGE
11/09/00   MORGAN                         REPORTED BY DISPATCH
                                          TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY
                                          27.

410 PM     COUNTYWIDE                TN   WIND DAMAGE
11/09/00   BRADLEY                        REPORTED BY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
                                          NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED
                                          ACROSS THE COUNTY.

420 PM     COUNTYWIDE                TN   WIND DAMAGE
11/09/00   MCMINN                         REPORTED BY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
                                          NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES
                                          DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.

420 PM     COUNTYWIDE                TN   WIND DAMAGE
11/09/00   ROANE                          REPORTED BY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
                                          NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
                                          ACROSS THE COUNTY.

END/

FERRELL/PROPST

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 9, 5:13 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Lee	47 min
Nov 9, 5:57 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Lee	48 min
Nov 9, 6:13 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Wise, City of Norton	47 min
Nov 9, 6:44 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Washington, City of Bristol	46 min
Nov 9, 6:44 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Russell, Scott	46 min
Nov 9, 1:25 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Marion	50 min
Nov 9, 2:11 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Marion	34 min
Nov 9, 2:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Marion	25 min
Nov 9, 2:39 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Sequatchie	51 min
Nov 9, 2:50 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hamilton	40 min
Nov 9, 3:14 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Meigs, Rhea	31 min
Nov 9, 3:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Morgan, Scott	30 min
Nov 9, 3:55 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley, McMinn	35 min
Nov 9, 3:55 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Roane	35 min
Nov 9, 4:02 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Anderson, Morgan, Scott	43 min
Nov 9, 4:02 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Campbell	43 min
Nov 9, 4:06 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Polk	39 min
Nov 9, 4:11 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Loudon, Monroe	49 min
Nov 9, 4:37 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Blount, Knox	38 min
Nov 9, 4:44 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Claiborne, Grainger, Union	46 min
Nov 9, 4:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Polk	45 min
Nov 9, 5:01 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Jefferson, Sevier	44 min
Nov 9, 5:13 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hamblen, Hawkins	47 min
Nov 9, 5:18 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Blount	27 min
Nov 9, 5:29 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Claiborne, Grainger	16 min
Nov 9, 5:57 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Greene	48 min
Nov 9, 6:03 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cocke	27 min
Nov 9, 6:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Unicoi	45 min
Nov 9, 6:44 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Carter, Johnson	46 min
Nov 9, 6:44 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Washington	46 min

Nearby

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

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.