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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Morristown, TN
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.
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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, 6:55 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Farragut, TN | QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN FARRAGUT. |
| May 26, 6:55 PM EDT | TORNADO | Farragut, TN | A TORNADO REPORTED IN FARRUGUT. |
| May 26, 7:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Farragut, TN | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE FARRAGUT AREA. |
| May 26, 7:12 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Ne Maryville, TN | A FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY SPOTTER NEAR EAGLETON VILLAGE. |
| May 26, 7:15 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Nw Alcoa, TN | QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN THE LOUISVILLE AREA. |
| May 26, 7:24 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | 2 Nw Alcoa, TN | HALF 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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
$$
DHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell, Claiborne, Hancock | 40 min |
| May 26, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hawkins | 48 min |
| May 26, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 42 min |
| May 26, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene, Hamblen, Sullivan, Washington | 44 min |
| May 26, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Union | 40 min |
| May 26, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan | 53 min |
| May 26, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Unicoi | 66 min |
| May 26, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hawkins | 47 min |
| May 26, 6:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Sullivan | 39 min |
| May 26, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Johnson, Roane | 67 min |
| May 26, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Jefferson, Washington | 42 min |
| May 26, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox | 67 min |
| May 26, 6:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Roane | 44 min |
| May 26, 6:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Loudon | 36 min |
| May 26, 7:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount | 31 min |
| May 26, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sevier | 44 min |
| May 26, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Knox | 46 min |
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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.