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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 168, NWS Morristown, TN

July 5, 2004Washington County, City of Bristol, Virginia

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2004, 9:02 PM EDT for Washington County, City of Bristol, Virginia. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 2004, 9:02 PM EDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2004, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties City of Bristol, VA, Washington County, VA

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 5, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 205 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: 1205 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1678 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.4

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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 Jul 5, 9:01 PM EDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 9:01 PM EDT, 1 minute before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
900 PM EDT MON JUL  5 2004

.UPDATE DISCUSSION...UPDATING ZONES TO DROP SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH FROM SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL TN. MCS HAS TRACKED SOUTHEAST
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT RAIN BEHIND THE
STORMS IS DIMINISHING. AM DECREASING THE RAIN CHANCES IN THE WEST
AND KEEPING THEM HIGHER EAST. PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE
AFTER MIDNIGHT AS SKIES CLEAR IN AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL
OCCURRED. HAVE ADDED PATCHY FOG LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY.
&&

.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...NONE.
TN...NONE.
VA...NONE.
&&

TD

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 6:05 AM EDT, 14 hours 57 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
605 AM EDT MON JUL 5 2004

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005-
006-008-061000-
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-
605 AM EDT (505 AM CDT) MON JUL 5 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE (TODAY AND TONIGHT)...

THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR A FEW ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)...

A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY BRINGING THE
POSSIBILITY OF A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL
AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND WEDNESDAY.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MRX.

DMG

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 5, 7:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
723 PM EDT MON JUL 05 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LUTTRELL                36.21N 83.74W
07/05/2004                   UNION              TN   AMATEUR RADIO

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN AND AROUND LUTTRELL.

&&

FEF/GM

Local storm report, Jul 5, 7:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
743 PM EDT MON JUL 05 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0715 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NEWPORT                 35.96N 83.19W
07/05/2004                   COCKE              TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.

&&

FEF/GM

Local storm report, Jul 5, 7:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
759 PM EDT MON JUL 05 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0745 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MURPHY                  35.09N 84.03W
07/05/2004                   CHEROKEE           NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.

0745 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S PENNINGTON GAP      36.73N 83.03W
07/05/2004                   LEE                VA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.

0755 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HAYESVILLE              35.05N 83.82W
07/05/2004                   CLAY               NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.

&&

FEF/GM

Local storm report, Jul 5, 8:14 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
814 PM EDT MON JUL 05 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0720 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CLEVELAND               35.18N 84.87W
07/05/2004                   BRADLEY            TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN SOUTHWESTERN PART OF COUNTY

0740 PM     TSTM WND DMG     COPPERHILL              34.99N 84.36W
07/05/2004                   POLK               TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.

&&

FEF/GM

Local storm report, Jul 5, 8:31 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
831 PM EDT MON JUL 05 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0820 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SNEEDVILLE              36.54N 83.21W
07/05/2004                   HANCOCK            TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.

0830 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ROGERSVILLE             36.41N 83.01W
07/05/2004                   HAWKINS            TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.

&&

FEF/GM

Local storm report, Jul 5, 9:01 PM EDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
901 PM EDT MON JUL 05 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MARYVILLE               35.75N 83.97W
07/05/2004                   BLOUNT             TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED AROUND COUNTY.

&&

FEF/GM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 8:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Sullivan, Washington	80 min
Jul 5, 8:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Carter	61 min
Jul 5, 9:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Johnson	46 min
Jul 6, 2:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Marion	36 min
Jul 6, 3:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hamilton	39 min
Jul 6, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Meigs, Rhea	37 min
Jul 6, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley, McMinn	44 min
Jul 6, 4:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Polk	41 min
Jul 6, 4:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	McMinn, Monroe	64 min
Jul 6, 5:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Scott	44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2004 Every 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.