Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2004, 5:01 PM EDT for Scott County, Tennessee. It was in force for 44 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 6, 2004, 5:01 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2004, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Scott County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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 nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 1048 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 936 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 6, 3:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 3:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 300 PM EDT TUE JUL 6 2004 CORRECTED TO COMPLETE SHORT TERM .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)...BEST INSTABILITY THIS EVENING OVR MID TN AND UP CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. OLD MVC MOVING INTO THAT AREA FM SW. STORM MOTIONS TO THE ENE AND EXPECT CONVECTION TO TAPER OFF SHORTLY AFT DARK. WEDNESDAY AS WEAK FRONT MOVES CLOSER EXPECT AN INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER AND POSSIBLE EARLY CONVECTION AND DEBRIS CLOUDS FROM SW. HELD TEMPS DOWN SOME ON WEDNESDAY FOR THIS REASON. FEEL SLOWER ETA SOLUTION IS A BETTER FIT FOR WED NGT AND EARLY THU SO WILL LINGER CLOUDS AND PCPN FOR THOSE PERIODS. DRIER AIR GETS INTO AREA LATE ON THU. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)...AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...HIGH PRESSURE WILL AGAIN RIDGE INTO THE REGION BRINGING A RETURN TO MORE SEASONAL CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY CLIMB INTO THE MID AND UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90 IN SOME AREAS. AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS ALSO POSSIBLE FROM SATURDAY ON. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 71 88 69 88 / 20 50 40 30 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 70 86 67 86 / 20 50 40 30 OAK RIDGE, TN 69 84 65 84 / 20 50 40 20 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 66 85 64 84 / 20 50 40 20 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && HW/SON
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 5:58 AM EDT, 11 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 558 AM EDT TUE JUL 6 2004 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-071000- 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- 558 AM EDT (458 AM CDT) TUE JUL 6 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE (TODAY AND TONIGHT)... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE... PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)... 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. GH
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 6, 3:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
351 PM EDT TUE JUL 06 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0235 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SW JASPER 35.04N 85.65W
07/06/2004 MARION TN UTILITY COMPANY
SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES BETWEEN KIMBALL AND
JASPER. REPORTED BY SEQUATCHIE VALLEY ELECTRIC.
0320 PM HAIL MIDDLE VALLEY 35.19N 85.19W
07/06/2004 0.25 INCH HAMILTON TN AMATEUR RADIO
PEA SIZE HAIL IN THE MIDDLE VALLEY AREA.
0325 PM TSTM WND DMG MIDDLE VALLEY 35.19N 85.19W
07/06/2004 HAMILTON TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
A FEW TREES DOWN IN THE MIDDLE VALLEY AREA. REPORTED BY
SHERIFFS OFFICE.
&&
MEPLocal storm report, Jul 6, 4:59 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
459 PM EDT TUE JUL 06 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0355 PM TSTM WND DMG DECATUR 35.53N 84.79W
07/06/2004 MEIGS TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROOF OFF BUILDING AND NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN TOWN. COUNTY
WIDE POWER OUTAGES. REPORTED BY DECATUR PD.
0405 PM HAIL 2 N CLEVELAND 35.21N 84.87W
07/06/2004 0.75 INCH BRADLEY TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL.
0410 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 N CLEVELAND 35.22N 84.87W
07/06/2004 BRADLEY TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS THE NORTH HALF OF THE COUNTY.
REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE.
&&
MEPThe 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 5, 9:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington, City of Bristol | 58 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.