Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2005, 7:28 PM CDT for Marion County, Tennessee. It was in force for 18 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 29, 2005, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2005, 7:46 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Marion County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 370 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 540 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMRX 300028 TORMRX TNC115-300100- /O.NEW.KMRX.TO.W.0008.050830T0028Z-050830T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 728 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MARION COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 727 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WHITWELL... OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF JASPER...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... GRIFFITH CREEK BY 740 PM CDT THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR A STORM SHELTER. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE STRUCTURE IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY...ROOM OR CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND EAST TENNESSEE. LAT...LON 3506 8564 3515 8545 3533 8558 3519 8580 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMRX 300046 SVSMRX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 846 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 TNC115-300056- /O.CAN.KMRX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-050830T0100Z/ MARION TN- 746 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MARION COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE. LAT...LON 3506 8564 3515 8545 3533 8558 3519 8580 $$ DH
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.