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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Morristown, TN

May 26, 2004Blount County, Knox County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2004, 6:48 PM EDT for Blount County, Knox County, Tennessee. It was in force for 42 min. 6 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, 6:48 PM EDT (22:48 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2004, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Blount County, TN, Knox County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 6:55 PM EDTHAIL 1Farragut, TNQUARTER SIZED HAIL IN FARRAGUT.
May 26, 6:55 PM EDTTORNADOFarragut, TNA TORNADO REPORTED IN FARRUGUT.
May 26, 7:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGFarragut, TNNUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE FARRAGUT AREA.
May 26, 7:12 PM EDTFUNNEL CLOUD2 Ne Maryville, TNA FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY SPOTTER NEAR EAGLETON VILLAGE.
May 26, 7:15 PM EDTHAIL 13 Nw Alcoa, TNQUARTER SIZED HAIL IN THE LOUISVILLE AREA.
May 26, 7:24 PM EDTHAIL 1.252 Nw Alcoa, TNHALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL REPORTED ON 2324Z SPECIAL METAR AT KTYS.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 277 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2004-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 109 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2004-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
109 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-308 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1090 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

553 
WFUS54 KMRX 262248
TORMRX
TNC009-093-262330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
649 PM EDT WED MAY 26 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BLOUNT COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE
  KNOX COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 643 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF
  FARRAGUT...OR 5 MILES NORTH OF LENOIR CITY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  9 MILES SOUTH OF KARNS AROUND 655 PM EDT
  7 MILES SOUTH OF BEARDEN AROUND 705 PM EDT
  MCGHEE TYSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AROUND 710 PM EDT
  EAGLETON VILLAGE AROUND 715 PM EDT

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

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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.

LAT...LON 3592 8428 3588 8425 3580 8414 3565 8412
          3567 8380 3604 8406

$$

DH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCampbell, Claiborne, Hancock40 min
May 26, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGrainger, Hawkins48 min
May 26, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXScott42 min
May 26, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGreene, Hamblen, Sullivan, Washington44 min
May 26, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXUnion40 min
May 26, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMorgan53 min
May 26, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCarter, Unicoi66 min
May 26, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGrainger, Hawkins47 min
May 26, 6:06 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXSullivan39 min
May 26, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXJohnson, Roane67 min
May 26, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCocke, Greene, Hamblen, Jefferson, Washington42 min
May 26, 6:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson, Knox67 min
May 26, 6:31 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXRoane44 min
May 26, 6:39 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXLoudon36 min
May 26, 7:29 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXBlount31 min
May 26, 7:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXSevier44 min
May 26, 7:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXKnox46 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.