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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Morristown, TN

May 27, 2000Knox County, Union County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2000, 8:15 PM EDT for Knox County, Union County, Tennessee. It was in force for 45 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
May 27, 2000, 8:15 PM EDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2000, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Knox County, TN, Union County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 8:26 PM EDTThunderstorm WindLuttrell, TN
May 27, 8:28 PM EDTThunderstorm WindLuttrell, TN
May 27, 8:30 PM EDTThunderstorm WindFountain City, 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
May 27, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 244 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 00:00Z on 2000-05-28Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2000-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -97 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1203 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-29 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 280019 COR
SVRMRX
TNC009-093-173-280100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
815 PM EDT SAT MAY 27 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BLOUNT COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE
  KNOX COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE
  UNION COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 815 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORRIS TO
  CLOVER HILL...OR FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLINTON TO 8 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF MARYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BEARDEN AROUND 820 PM EDT
  ALCOA AROUND 825 PM EDT
  MARYVILLE AND MAYNARDVILLE AROUND 830 PM EDT
  EAGLETON VILLAGE AROUND 835 PM EDT
  LAKE FOREST AROUND 840 PM EDT
  KIMBERLIN HEIGHTS AROUND 845 PM EDT

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.
  HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...OR THE SIZE OF QUARTERS.
  FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING.

AVOID USING THE TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT WHILE
LIGHTNING IS IN THE AREA.

$$

TG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 8:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMeigs31 min
May 27, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBlount45 min
May 27, 8:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMonroe32 min
May 27, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGrainger, Jefferson44 min
May 27, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXSevier44 min
May 27, 8:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHancock, Hawkins45 min
May 27, 8:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCocke, Hamblen45 min
May 27, 9:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXSullivan30 min
May 27, 9:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGreene41 min
May 27, 9:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBlount, Sevier26 min
May 27, 9:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBradley34 min
May 27, 9:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXJohnson, Sullivan46 min
May 27, 9:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXUnicoi, Washington29 min
May 27, 9:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCarter43 min
May 27, 10:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXJohnson37 min
May 28, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXSullivan35 min
May 28, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXSullivan30 min
May 28, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXJohnson26 min
May 28, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBlount29 min
May 28, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXSullivan41 min
May 28, 7:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCarter, Johnson58 min
May 28, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXUnicoi50 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.