Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Morristown, TN

Issued

May 28, 2000, 3:45 PM EDT (19:45 UTC)

Expired

May 28, 2000, 4:15 PM EDT

In force

30 min

Issued by

NWS Morristown, TN

Area

Whole counties

County Sullivan 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.

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WUUS54 KMRX 281950
SVRMRX
TNC163-282015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
345 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SULLIVAN COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 334 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF BRISTOL TN...MOVING EAST AT 35   
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SOUTH HOLSTON DAM AROUND 355 PM EDT
  HARR AROUND 400 PM EDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS 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.
  DAMAGING HAIL UP TO 1 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER...OR THE SIZE OF
  GOLFBALLS.
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING.
  FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING.

$$

LAT...LON 3665 8227 3647 8231 3648 8204 3662 8189

DM

NWS Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 28, 1:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
127 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2000

COLD FRONT IS HARD TO DISCERN BUT WOULD PLACE LOCATION BETWEEN BNA
AND CSV. AIRMASS AHEAD OF FRONT IS BECOMING QUITE UNSTABLE WITH MSAS
LIFTED INDICES ALREADY NEARING -6 ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLATEAU AND
NORTHERN CENTRAL OF THE VALLEY. GIVEN INCOMING UPPER LOW AND
ASSOCIATED COLD AIR ALOFT PULLING SOUTHEAST INTO THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS WOULD EXPECT CONTINUED DESTABILIZATION OF THE AIR OVER
THE REGION. WILL CONTINUE WORDING OF SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE THIS
EVENING OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA...ESPECIALLY FOR
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST TENNESSEE. GIVEN THE LOWERING WBZ
AND DRY AIR INTRUSION IN THE MID-LEVELS...MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS.

FRONT SWEEPS EAST EARLY WITH A GOOD DEAL OF COLD AIR ADVECTION
STRATU-CU MOVING INTO THE REGION FOR TONIGHT...MEMORIAL DAY AND
THEN PULLING OUT MONDAY NIGHT/EARLY TUESDAY.  ALSO...SOME LIGHT
SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE NORTHEAST THIRD OF THE FORECAST AREA
FOR MEMORIAL DAY. SINCE I AM FORECASTING MORE CLOUDS FOR MEMORIAL
DAY WILL TREND TOWARD THE COOLER GUIDANCE VALUES FOR TOMORROW.

LARGE RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE REGION FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AND
EXPECT DRY AND WARMER TEMPERATURES.  HIGHS FOR THE LATTER HALF OF
THE WEEK WILL BE IN THE LOWER AND MID 90S ACROSS THE VALLEY.

THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS ARE FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES ONLY:

FCSTID = 15
CHA   58  80  57  87 /  10   0   0   0
TYS   57  75  56  85 /  30   0   0   0
TRI   56  71  51  80 /  60  30   5   0
OQT   57  76  56  85 /  20   0   0   0

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

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

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.