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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Morristown, TN

November 10, 2002Bledsoe County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 2002, 6:57 PM CST for Bledsoe County, Tennessee. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 10, 2002, 6:57 PM CST (00:57 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 2002, 7:30 PM CST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bledsoe County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 10, 4:50 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 2002-11-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1368 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-11-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 490 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1368 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1177 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
490 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
560 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
15.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMRX 110057
TORMRX
TNC007-110130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
656 PM CST SUN NOV 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BLEDSOE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 730 PM CST

* AT 650 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  MOUNT CREST...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF PIKEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT
  60 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  MELVINE AROUND 710 PM CST

THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A STAIRWELL OR PIECE OF
STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR
PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A
SAFE PLACE.

LAT...LON 3582 8542 3564 8540 3565 8498 3586 8491

$$

LCM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 6:02 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXMcMinn43 min
Nov 10, 6:12 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXClaiborne48 min
Nov 10, 6:16 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXBlount, Loudon, Monroe44 min
Nov 10, 6:55 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXBlount, Knox50 min
Nov 10, 7:05 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXSevier40 min
Nov 10, 7:12 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXMorgan48 min
Nov 10, 7:19 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXRoane41 min
Nov 10, 7:25 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXJefferson35 min
Nov 10, 7:32 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXAnderson28 min
Nov 10, 7:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCampbell64 min
Nov 10, 7:45 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXKnox, Union60 min
Nov 10, 7:48 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXCocke27 min
Nov 10, 7:54 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXAnderson36 min
Nov 10, 7:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGreene46 min
Nov 10, 8:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXClaiborne53 min
Nov 10, 8:13 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXBledsoe, Claiborne47 min
Nov 10, 8:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMorgan32 min
Nov 10, 8:28 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXGrainger47 min
Nov 10, 8:35 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXMorgan40 min
Nov 10, 8:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHancock52 min
Nov 10, 8:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCampbell48 min
Nov 10, 8:51 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXAnderson, Campbell39 min
Nov 10, 8:53 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXRoane22 min
Nov 10, 8:59 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXClaiborne, Union46 min
Nov 10, 9:05 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXHancock, Hawkins40 min
Nov 10, 9:10 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXMorgan, Roane35 min
Nov 10, 9:21 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXAnderson39 min
Nov 10, 9:37 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXHawkins, Sullivan38 min
Nov 10, 9:41 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXHancock49 min
Nov 10, 9:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie48 min
Nov 10, 9:46 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXUnion44 min
Nov 10, 9:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMorgan, Roane39 min
Nov 10, 10:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHamilton44 min
Nov 10, 10:05 PM CSTTornado WarningMRXClaiborne, Hancock40 min
Nov 10, 10:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBradley, Polk43 min
Nov 10, 10:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson, Blount, Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock, Jefferson and 5 more42 min
Nov 10, 11:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMonroe, Polk60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.