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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Morristown, TN

August 29, 2005Marion County, Tennessee

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 29, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC10 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2005-08-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 370 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2005-08-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 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
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

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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.