Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 24, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 2002, 8:13 PM CST for Bledsoe County, Claiborne County, Tennessee. It was in force for 47 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 10, 2002, 8:13 PM CST (02:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 10, 2002, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bledsoe County, TN, Claiborne County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 8:30 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, TN | |
| Nov 10, 8:35 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Arthur, TN | |
| Nov 10, 8:45 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Forge Ridge, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 4:50 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 260 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMRX 110213
TORMRX
TNC007-110300-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
813 PM CST SUN NOV 10 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BLEDSOE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE
* UNTIL 900 PM CST
* AT 805 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 16 MILES WEST OF
MOUNT CREST...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF SPARTA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
8 MILES NORTH OF MOUNT CREST AROUND 820 PM CST
6 MILES NORTH OF MELVINE AROUND 830 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.
LAT...LON 3573 8567 3561 8552 3558 8512 3569 8496
3580 8491 3597 8518
$$
TG1 follow-up statement
000 WFUS54 KMRX 110213 RRA TORMRX TNC025-110300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 913 PM EST SUN NOV 10 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE * UNTIL 1000 PM EST * AT 911 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF SPRINGDALE...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF MAYNARDVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... SPRINGDALE AROUND 920 PM EST TAZEWELL AROUND 925 PM EST HOWARD QUARTER AROUND 935 PM EST THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...LEAVE IT IMMEDIATELY AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. LAT...LON 3657 8394 3637 8390 3642 8339 3660 8350 $$ DMG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 6:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | McMinn | 43 min |
| Nov 10, 6:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Claiborne | 48 min |
| Nov 10, 6:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Loudon, Monroe | 44 min |
| Nov 10, 6:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox | 50 min |
| Nov 10, 6:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe | 33 min |
| Nov 10, 7:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Sevier | 40 min |
| Nov 10, 7:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Morgan | 48 min |
| Nov 10, 7:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Roane | 41 min |
| Nov 10, 7:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Jefferson | 35 min |
| Nov 10, 7:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Anderson | 28 min |
| Nov 10, 7:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell | 64 min |
| Nov 10, 7:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Knox, Union | 60 min |
| Nov 10, 7:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Cocke | 27 min |
| Nov 10, 7:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Anderson | 36 min |
| Nov 10, 7:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene | 46 min |
| Nov 10, 8:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne | 53 min |
| Nov 10, 8:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan | 32 min |
| Nov 10, 8:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Grainger | 47 min |
| Nov 10, 8:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Morgan | 40 min |
| Nov 10, 8:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hancock | 52 min |
| Nov 10, 8:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell | 48 min |
| Nov 10, 8:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell | 39 min |
| Nov 10, 8:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Roane | 22 min |
| Nov 10, 8:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Union | 46 min |
| Nov 10, 9:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hancock, Hawkins | 40 min |
| Nov 10, 9:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Morgan, Roane | 35 min |
| Nov 10, 9:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Anderson | 39 min |
| Nov 10, 9:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hawkins, Sullivan | 38 min |
| Nov 10, 9:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hancock | 49 min |
| Nov 10, 9:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie | 48 min |
| Nov 10, 9:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Union | 44 min |
| Nov 10, 9:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan, Roane | 39 min |
| Nov 10, 10:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 44 min |
| Nov 10, 10:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Hancock | 40 min |
| Nov 10, 10:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Polk | 43 min |
| Nov 10, 10:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock, Jefferson and 5 more | 42 min |
| Nov 10, 11:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Monroe, Polk | 60 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.