Tornado Warning 35, NWS Morristown, TN

Issued

Nov 10, 2002, 10:46 PM EST (03:46 UTC)

Expired

Nov 10, 2002, 11:30 PM EST

In force

44 min

Issued by

NWS Morristown, TN

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Union County, TN, Scott County, VA

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

307 
WFUS54 KMRX 110346
TORMRX
TNC173-110430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1045 PM EST SUN NOV 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1130 PM EST

* AT 1041 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  NORRIS LAKE...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF CLINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 
  MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  NORRIS LAKE AROUND 1055 PM EST
  SHARPS CHAPEL AROUND 1100 PM EST

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY

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 3631 8406 3618 8394 3629 8370 3644 8382

$$

DMG

304 
WFUS54 KMRX 110346 RRA
TORMRX
VAC169-110430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1046 PM EST SUN NOV 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 1130 PM EST

* AT 1041 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  CLINCHPORT...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GATE CITY...MOVING EAST AT 50
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  7 MILES SOUTH OF NICKELSVILLE AROUND 1100 PM EST

THIS DANGEROUS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 90
MPH...AND GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL OR LARGER.

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 3667 8276 3663 8269 3667 8233 3681 8243

$$

DH

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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.