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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 146, NWS Morristown, TN

July 8, 2001Unicoi County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2001, 5:12 PM EDT for Unicoi County, Tennessee. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report 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: Jul 8, 2001, 5:12 PM EDT (21:12 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2001, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Whole counties

County Unicoi County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 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
Jul 8, 5:25 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52 E	Erwin, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 8, 1:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jul 8, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 228 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: 43 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -288 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1463 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 252 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KMRX 082113
SVRMRX

TNC171-082200-
/NEW.KMRX.SV.W.0244.082112-082200/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
512 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  UNICOI COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 511 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A    
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF ELIZABETHTON TO 6 
  MILES NORTH OF ERWIN...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE A    
  HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LIMESTONE COVE AROUND 520 PM EDT
  ERWIN AROUND 525 PM EDT
  BANNER HILL AROUND 530 PM EDT
  ROCKY FORK AROUND 540 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.
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING.
  FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING.

SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!

STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

$$

LAT...LON 3625 8231 3610 8258 3597 8258 3616 8221

DMG

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 8, 3:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 3:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
311 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001

SATELLITE SHOWING MCS TRACKING INTO EAST KY...IT SHOULD CONTINUE
HEADING SOUTH INTO OUR UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE.  NORTHERN ZONES ALREADY
BOXED. WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE CWA FOR TONIGHT. COULD SEE
SEVERE WEATHER FURTHER SOUTH OF THE BOX THIS EVENING.  HEAVY RAIN IS
LIKELY WITH PW'S NEARING 2 INCHES.  WILL MENTION HEAVY RAIN TOO.
SQUALL LINE MOVING QUICKLY...SO MOST OF THE ACTIVITY SHOULD BE SOUTH
OF US BY MIDNIGHT.

FOR THE REST OF THE PERIOD...SHORTWAVES RIPPLING THROUGH OUR AREA
UNDER NORTHWEST FLOW THROUGH TUESDAY...BUT MOISTURE BECOMES MORE
LIMITED LATE TUESDAY...WILL GO WITH CHANCE POPS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY
AND DRY TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.

CHA   72  92  71  91 /  60  40  30  30
TYS   70  90  70  89 /  60  40  30  30
TRI   68  88  68  87 /  70  40  30  30
OQT   70  90  70  89 /  60  40  30  30

.MR
X...
NC...NONE.
TN...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHEAST TN UNTIL 8 PM.
VA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST VA UNTIL 8 PM.

GH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 2:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

TNZ014>018-042>047-VAZ001-002-005-006-008-090000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
215 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 527 IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...CARTER...CITY OF BRISTOL...CITY OF
NORTON...CLAIBORNE...GREENE...HANCOCK...HAWKINS...JOHNSON...LEE...
RUSSELL...SCOTT...SULLIVAN...UNICOI...WASHINGTON AND WISE. THE WATCH IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM.

THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF A
QUARTER...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WHICH COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

DMG

Local storm report, Jul 8, 4:13 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
413 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001

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

0355 PM    POUND                     VA   WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01   WISE                           TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0400 PM    WISE                      VA   WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01   WISE                           TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

DAE

Local storm report, Jul 8, 4:37 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
437 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001

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

0433 PM    KINGSPORT                 TN   WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01   SULLIVAN                       TREES DOWN ON ROAD.
                                          REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

DAE

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 4:43 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-085>087-101-102-VAZ001-002-005-
006-008-090200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
443 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 530 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM
EDT(900 PM CDT) FOR PARTS OF EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 527 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST TENNESSEE UNTIL 800 PM EDT.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NUMBER 530 FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...ANDERSON...BLOUNT...
CAMPBELL...CHEROKEE...CLAY...COCKE...GRAINGER...HAMBLEN...JEFFERSON..
.KNOX...LOUDON...MCMINN...MONROE...MORGAN...POLK...ROANE...SCOTT
TENNESSEE...SEVIER...UNION. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM
EDT(900 PM CDT).

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 527 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...CARTER...CITY OF BRISTOL...CITY OF
NORTON...CLAIBORNE...GREENE...HANCOCK...HAWKINS...JOHNSON...LEE...
RUSSELL...SCOTT...SULLIVAN...UNICOI...WASHINGTON AND WISE. THE WATCH
IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM.

REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION...OR
CABLE TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING
WEATHER SITUATION.

RBP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Johnson	28 min
Jul 8, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Sullivan	50 min
Jul 8, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Carter	52 min
Jul 8, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Washington	48 min
Jul 8, 4:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Johnson	58 min
Jul 8, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hancock, Hawkins	51 min
Jul 8, 5:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Greene	53 min
Jul 8, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hamblen	43 min
Jul 8, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Claiborne, Grainger, Union	41 min
Jul 8, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cocke	66 min
Jul 8, 6:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Sevier	37 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.