Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2004, 5:48 PM EDT for Washington County, City of Bristol, Virginia. It was in force for 57 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
- May 26, 2004, 5:48 PM EDT (21:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2004, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 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), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 5:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bristol Va, VA | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN CITYWIDE. REPORTED BY BRISTOL VIRGINIA - POLICE DEPARTMENT. |
| May 26, 6:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Abingdon, VA | SEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN COUNTYWIDE. |
| May 26, 6:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bristol Va, VA | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN CITYWIDE. REPORTED BY BRISTOL PD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 2 minutes after it went out.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 26, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 266 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1644 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
591 WUUS54 KMRX 262149 SVRMRX VAC167-262230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 549 PM EDT WED MAY 26 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA * UNTIL 630 PM EDT * AT 544 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF CASTLEWOOD...OR 9 MILES WEST OF LEBANON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CLEVELAND AROUND 555 PM EDT LEBANON AROUND 600 PM EDT ROSEDALE AROUND 620 PM EDT 6 MILES SOUTH OF DYE AROUND 630 PM EDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS 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. FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY LAT...LON 3697 8234 3680 8227 3691 8166 3715 8175 $$ DH
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 May 26, 2:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 2:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
251 PM EDT WED MAY 26 2004
.QUICK UPDATE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 295 IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR LEE...WISE...SCOTT...RUSSELL AND WASHINGTON
COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. POTENTIAL EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. REFER TO HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK AND FUTURE STATEMENTS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...NONE.
TN...FLOOD WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT EDT THURSDAY UNTIL 1000 AM EDT
THURSDAY FOR ZONES TNZ012>015...TNZ035.
VA...FLOOD WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT EDT THURSDAY UNTIL 1000 AM EDT
THURSDAY FOR ZONES VAZ001>002...VAZ005>006...VAZ008.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FROM 250 PM EDT UNTIL 10 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY FOR ZONES VAZ001>002...VAZ005>006...VAZ008.
KG/HWHazardous weather outlook, May 26, 5:15 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 515 PM EDT WED MAY 26 2004 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-271000- 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- 515 AM EDT (415 AM CDT) WED MAY 26 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE (TODAY AND TONIGHT)... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY AFTER SUNSET AND NORTH OF KNOXVILLE. THERE IS ALSO A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. A COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST ALONG THE NORTHERN TENNESSEE BORDER TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE BRINGING THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS..LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL TOTALS WILL LIKELY EXCEED ONE INCH ACROSS AREAS NORTH OF KNOXVILLE WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS NEAR THREE INCHES POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EARLY ON THURSDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY ON FRIDAY WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY AND ALSO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MRX.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 26, 3:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 342 PM EDT WED MAY 26 2004 VAZ001-002-005-006-008-270159- LEE-RUSSELL-SCOTT VA-WASHINGTON VA-WISE- 342 PM EDT WED MAY 26 2004 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 295 IN EFFECT TILL 10 PM FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA TILL 10 PM. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING ALONG A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT WHICH LIES ACROSS KENTUCKY. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS EAST KENTUCKY AND WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM. EVEN HEAVIER STORMS ARE FURTHER WEST AND WILL BE INTO THE AREA AFTER 5 PM. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS. HW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 44 min |
| May 26, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Wise, City of Norton | 39 min |
| May 26, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 48 min |
| May 26, 5:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott | 37 min |
| May 26, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell | 41 min |
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.