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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Morristown, TN

April 28, 2002Claiborne County, Grainger County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2002, 2:59 PM EDT for Claiborne County, Grainger County, Tennessee. It was in force for 46 min. 2 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: Apr 28, 2002, 2:59 PM EDT (18:59 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2002, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Claiborne County, TN, Grainger County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 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
Apr 28, 3:30 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Bean Station, TN
Apr 28, 3:30 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Harrogate, 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
Apr 28, 2:15 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 272 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: 998 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 851 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 260 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 258 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 6.0

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The text

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

154 
WUUS54 KMRX 281859
SVRMRX
TNC025-057-281945-
/NEW.KMRX.SV.W.0027.281900-281945/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
300 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE
  GRAINGER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 251 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SANDLICK...OR 9 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF MAYNARDVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LONE MOUNTAIN AROUND 305 PM EDT
  RUTLEDGE AROUND 315 PM EDT
  THORN HILL AROUND 320 PM EDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  WINDS UP TO 70 MPH...WHICH COULD PUSH OVER SHALLOW ROOTED TREES...
  AND DAMAGE CHIMNEYS AND TV ANTENNAS.
  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.

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 3646 8374 3636 8373 3622 8349 3635 8328

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 Apr 28, 2:00 PM EDT, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 2:00 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
200 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

A VERY ACTIVE AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED WITH CAPES WELL OVER 2500 AND
LIFTED INDICES -4 TO -6 WILL ALLOW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE
INTO THE EVENING HOURS.  THE COLD FRONT WILL EXIT THE AREA BY
MIDNIGHT AS WILL THE THUNDERSTORMS.  CLOUDS WILL LINGER TILL AROUND
SUNRISE MONDAY WITH CLEARING SKIES.  TUESDAY IS SETTING ITSELF UP
FOR ANOTHER INTERESTING DAY...STAY TUNED FOR LATER DEVELOPMENTS.

IN THE EXTENDED...MOIST AND JUICY WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY MORNING...THEN
CLEARING.

MODELS APPEAR IN CLOSE AGREEMENT IN HANDLING MUCH OF THE FORECAST
PERIOD SO HAVE NOT STRAYED VERY FAR FROM GUIDANCE.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 28, 11:23 AM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
1123 AM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

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

1040 AM    5 NW PIKEVILLE            TN   WIND DAMAGE
04/28/02   BLEDSOE                        TREES DOWN WEST PART OF
                                          COUNTY NEAR HIGHWAY 30.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

1045 AM    5 S SPRING CITY           TN   WIND DAMAGE
04/28/02   RHEA                           METAL BUILDINGS BLOWN
                                          DOWN. TREES DOWN. ONE
                                          MOBILE HOME BLOWN OFF
                                          BLOCKS. METAL SIDING BLOWN
                                          OFF BUILDINGS. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

GM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 28, 10:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Rhea	47 min
Apr 28, 1:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Scott	30 min
Apr 28, 2:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Campbell	47 min
Apr 28, 2:33 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Campbell, Union	42 min
Apr 28, 2:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Anderson, Knox, Loudon, Roane	52 min
Apr 28, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Scott	35 min
Apr 28, 2:54 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Blount, Knox	51 min
Apr 28, 3:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Sevier	41 min
Apr 28, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins	50 min
Apr 28, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Sullivan	45 min
Apr 28, 3:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Grainger	21 min
Apr 28, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Jefferson	38 min
Apr 28, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Campbell, Claiborne, Johnson	39 min
Apr 28, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bledsoe	35 min
Apr 28, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Greene, Unicoi, Washington	23 min
Apr 28, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Meigs, Rhea	39 min
Apr 28, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Greene, Hawkins	45 min
Apr 28, 5:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Greene, Hawkins	51 min
Apr 28, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bledsoe	36 min
Apr 28, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Washington	34 min
Apr 28, 6:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Carter, Unicoi	48 min
Apr 28, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Meigs, Rhea	47 min
Apr 28, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Marion	46 min
Apr 28, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	McMinn	33 min
Apr 28, 7:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Monroe	26 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.