Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2004, 5:10 PM CDT for Bledsoe County, Tennessee. It was in force for 50 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
- Jun 12, 2004, 5:10 PM CDT (22:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2004, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 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), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 1896 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 911 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
274 WUUS54 KMRX 122210 SVRMRX TNC007-122300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 509 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BLEDSOE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 504 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLEDSOE STATE FOREST TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OLD CUMBERLAND...OR FROM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPARTA TO 9 MILES NORTH OF DUNLAP...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... PALIO AROUND 515 PM CDT MOUNT CREST AROUND 520 PM CDT PIKEVILLE AROUND 525 PM CDT BRAYTON AROUND 530 PM CDT MELVINE AROUND 540 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... WINDS UP TO 60 MPH...WHICH COULD PUSH OVER SHALLOW ROOTED TREES AND BREAK TREE LIMBS 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. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. LAT...LON 3582 8527 3555 8548 3535 8520 3581 8490 $$
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 Jun 12, 1:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 1:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 257 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)...BACK DOOR FRONT ALONG NORTHEAST EDGE OF MRX CWA AND PUSHING SOUTH THROUGH NC. THIS BOUNDARY WILL MOVE TO THE WEST SOME TONIGHT AND PUSH UP AGAINST EASTERN MNTS. AIRMASS ACROSS E TN AND EXTREME SW VA VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON. UPR RIDGE AXIS OVR AREA OFFERING SOME VENTING ALOFT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 447 IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR MOST OF E TN(SEE SEL7). THE SEVERE TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ISOLATED. THIS ACTIVITY WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING AS THE BETTER FOCUSING MECHANISMS DEVELOP ALONG THE OH RVR VLY AND INTERACTION OF THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE WEDGE AND SEA BREEZES ACROSS SC. PATCHY FOG WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND ONLY EXTREME NE AREAS WILL SEE COOLER TEMPS THEN SATURDAY MORNING. DEBRIS CLOUDS FM THE SOUTHERN CONVECTION AND SOME LOW LVL CLOUDS ALONG AND EAST OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL AFFECT EASTERN AREAS EARLY SUNDAY. IMPROVED PCPN CHCS FOR S AREAS SUNDAY BUT ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO BE SCATTERED WITH LACK OF UPR SUPPORT. THICKNESS VALUES CONTINUE TO SUPPORT CONTINUED WARM TEMPS SW AREAS BUT CLOUDS WILL MODERATE DOWNWARD. UPR RIDGE SOUTHEAST OF AREA ON MONDAY RESULTING IN DEEP SW FLOW. NOTHING MORE THAN DIURNAL STORMS EXPECTED. FRONT APPROACHES FM NW MON NGT OFFERING CHC FOR SOME OVRNGT PCPN. .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE CWA ON TUESDAY...SHOULD BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED ACTIVITY ON TUESDAY. WILL KEEP THE CHANCE POPS GOING FOR TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...BUT MOST OF THE PRECIP SHOULD BE OUT BY EVENING. RIDGE BUILDS IN ON WEDNESDAY...SHOULD BRING DRY WEATHER WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. GFS ADVERTISING ANOTHER FRONT MOVING INTO THE REGION ON FRIDAY...WILL ADD CHANCE POPS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FRONT LINGERS ACROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY...BUT MOISTURE IS LIMITED...SO WILL KEEP SATURDAY DRY FOR NOW. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 71 88 69 87 / 20 40 30 40 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 70 87 69 85 / 20 40 30 40 OAK RIDGE, TN 70 87 69 84 / 20 40 30 40 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 66 83 64 83 / 30 50 30 40 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT(700 PM CDT) FOR MUCH OF EAST TENNESSEE. VA...NONE. && SON/GH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 3:40 AM CDT, 13 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 440 AM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-130900- ANDERSON-BLEDSOE-BLOUNT SMOKY MTN-BRADLEY-CAMPBELL-CHEROKEE- CLAIBORNE-CLAY-COCKE SMOKY MTN-EAST POLK-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-HAMILTON- HANCOCK-HAWKINS-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-KNOX-LEE-LOUDON-MARION-MCMINN- MEIGS-MORGAN-NORTH SEVIER-NORTHWEST CARTER-NORTHWEST COCKE- NORTHWEST GREENE-NORTHWEST MONROE-NW BLOUNT-RHEA-ROANE-RUSSELL- SCOTT TN-SCOTT VA-SEQUATCHIE-SEVIER SMOKY MTN-SOUTHEAST CARTER- SOUTHEAST GREENE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-SULLIVAN-UNICOI-UNION- WASHINGTON TN-WASHINGTON VA-WEST POLK-WISE- 440 AM EDT (340 AM CDT) SAT JUN 12 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE (TODAY AND TONIGHT)... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY AND AT LEAST EARLY TONIGHT...WITH THE BEST COVERAGE MOST LIKELY TO BE ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST TENNESSEE. MOST SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH...AND A FEW STRONG STORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS UP TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED IN AND NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD INCREASE IN COVERAGE...AND POSSIBLY IN INTENSITY BY SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...AS A WEAK COLD FRONT EASES INTO THE REGION AND THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WEAKENS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED STORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS. THE PERIOD FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY LOOKS TO BE MAINLY DRY AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MRX. TG
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 12, 1:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
218 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0157 PM TSTM WND DMG SEYMOUR 35.87N 83.77W
06/12/2004 SEVIER TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ON CHAPMAN HIGHWAY NEAR SEYMOUR.
&&
MEPLocal storm report, Jun 12, 3:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
456 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0405 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 W GLADE SPRING 36.79N 81.86W
06/12/2004 WASHINGTON VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWER LINES DOWN ON RICH VALLEY ROAD NEAR MEADOWVIEW.
0430 PM TSTM WND DMG WINFIELD 36.56N 84.45W
06/12/2004 SCOTT TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ON PLEASANT GROVE ROAD IN WINFIELD.
&&
MEPLocal storm report, Jun 12, 4:14 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
514 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0505 PM FLASH FLOOD 5 W GLADE SPRING 36.79N 81.86W
06/12/2004 WASHINGTON VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL PEOPLE TRAPPED IN LITTLE AND J STORE IN
MEADOWVIEW. PARKING LOT UNDER 5 FEET OF WATER. MOST ROADS
IN MEADOWVIEW CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
&&
MEPLocal storm report, Jun 12, 5:03 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
603 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0550 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 SW GLADE SPRING 36.76N 81.81W
06/12/2004 WASHINGTON VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
I-81 AT MILE MARKER 26, ONE LANE UNDER WATER. HILLMAN HWY
AND HWY 11 UNDER WATER IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS.
&&
MEPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 12:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sevier | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon | 46 min |
| Jun 12, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Monroe | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 55 min |
| Jun 12, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell | 65 min |
| Jun 12, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamblen | 42 min |
| Jun 12, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Knox | 67 min |
| Jun 12, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Jefferson | 61 min |
| Jun 12, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Union | 55 min |
| Jun 12, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene | 61 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004
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.