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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Morristown, TN

November 28, 200533 counties in Tennessee; 7 counties in Virginia; Cherokee County, Clay County, North Carolina

NWS Morristown, TN issued this wind advisory at Nov 28, 2005, 10:02 AM EST for 33 counties in Tennessee; 7 counties in Virginia; Cherokee County, Clay County, North Carolina. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 28, 2005, 10:02 AM EST (15:02 UTC)
Expired
Nov 29, 2005, 3:45 AM EST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
All 42 counties

Cherokee County, NC, Clay County, NC, Anderson County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Blount County, TN, Bradley County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Carter County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Greene County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Loudon County, TN, Marion County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Polk County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Roane County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Unicoi County, TN, Union County, TN, Washington County, TN, City of Bristol, VA, City of Norton, VA, Lee County, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Washington County, VA, Wise County, VA

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:03 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 265 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 12:00Z on 2005-11-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2005-11-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 322 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
681 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
322 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
390 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.

000 
WWUS74 KMRX 281502
NPWMRX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1002 AM EST MON NOV 28 2005

...STRONG GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

.THE APPROACHING FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH HAS STRONG GUSTY
WINDS ALOFT. THIS MORNINGS UPPER LEVEL WINDS AT NASHVILLE WERE
GREATER THEN 50 MPH AS LOW AS 2500 FEET. AS THESE WINDS MOVE
TOWARDS THE EAST...THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF EAST
TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA COULD SEE SOME OF THESE STRONG WINDS.

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-282315-
/O.NEW.KMRX.WI.Y.0002.051128T1502Z-051129T1100Z/
CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS-
SULLIVAN-JOHNSON-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-
NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE-
SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER-
SOUTHEAST CARTER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT-
BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-
SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK-EAST POLK-LEE-
WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...ONEIDA...
LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL...SNEEDVILLE...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT...
BRISTOL...MOUNTAIN CITY...WARTBURG...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...
MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN...NEWPORT...COSBY...
GREENEVILLE...CEDAR CREEK...JOHNSON CITY...ERWIN...ELIZABETHTON...
ROAN MOUNTAIN...KINGSTON...LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE...DANDRIDGE...
MARYVILLE...CADES COVE...SEVIERVILLE...GATLINBURG...DUNLAP...
PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS...MADISONVILLE...
COKER CREEK...JASPER...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON...
DUCKTOWN...JONESVILLE...WISE...GATE CITY...LEBANON...ABINGDON
902 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005 /1002 AM EST MON NOV 28 2005/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST /5 AM CST/ TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST /5 AM CST/ TUESDAY. 

THE BIGGEST THREAT WILL BE TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE
REGION...TYPICALLY ABOVE 2000 FEET. SOME LOCALIZED AREAS BELOW 2000
FEET COULD ALSO SEE THESE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. 

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF
40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...
SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. SOME SHALLOW ROOTED TREES COULD ALSO
BE BLOWN OVER WITH WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH.

$$

HW
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS74 KMRX 282001
NPWMRX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
301 PM EST MON NOV 28 2005

...STRONG GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...

.THE APPROACHING FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH HAS GENERATED STRONG
GUSTY WINDS ALOFT IN ADVANCE OF THESE SYSTEMS. WINDS ALOFT OVER THE
REGION ARE GREATER THEN 50 MPH AS LOW AS 2500 FEET. AS THESE WINDS
MOVE TOWARDS THE EAST...THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF EAST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA COULD SEE
SOME OF THESE STRONG WINDS. AS THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT MOVE ACROSS...THEY COULD ALSO
TRANSPORT SOME OF THESE HIGHER WINDS TO THE SURFACE. 

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-290415-
/O.CON.KMRX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T1100Z/
CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS-
SULLIVAN-JOHNSON-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-
NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE-
SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER-
SOUTHEAST CARTER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT-
BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-
SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK-EAST POLK-LEE-
WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...ONEIDA...
LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL...SNEEDVILLE...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT...
BRISTOL...MOUNTAIN CITY...WARTBURG...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...
MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN...NEWPORT...COSBY...
GREENEVILLE...CEDAR CREEK...JOHNSON CITY...ERWIN...ELIZABETHTON...
ROAN MOUNTAIN...KINGSTON...LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE...DANDRIDGE...
MARYVILLE...CADES COVE...SEVIERVILLE...GATLINBURG...DUNLAP...
PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS...MADISONVILLE...
COKER CREEK...JASPER...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON...
DUCKTOWN...JONESVILLE...WISE...GATE CITY...LEBANON...ABINGDON
201 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005 /301 PM EST MON NOV 28 2005/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST /5 AM CST/
TUESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST /5 AM CST/
TUESDAY. 

THE BIGGEST THREAT WILL BE TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE
REGION...TYPICALLY ABOVE 2000 FEET. SOME LOCALIZED AREAS BELOW
2000 FEET COULD ALSO SEE THESE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. WIND GUSTS TO 41
MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT THE KNOXVILLE AIRPORT.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF
40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...
SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. SOME SHALLOW ROOTED TREES COULD ALSO
BE BLOWN OVER WITH WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH.

$$

HW
000 
WWUS74 KMRX 290404
NPWMRX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1104 PM EST MON NOV 28 2005

...STRONG GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE TONIGHT...

.THE APPROACHING FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO
GENERATE STRONG GUSTY WINDS ALOFT IN ADVANCE OF THESE SYSTEMS.
WINDS ALOFT OVER THE REGION ARE GREATER THEN 50 MPH AS LOW AS 2500
FEET. AS THESE WINDS MOVE TOWARDS THE EAST...THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS
OF EAST TENNESSEE... SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST
NORTH CAROLINA COULD SEE SOME OF THESE STRONG WINDS. AS THE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT MOVE ACROSS...THEY
COULD ALSO TRANSPORT SOME OF THESE HIGHER WINDS TO THE SURFACE.

TNZ012>014-035-081>086-098>101-290515-
/O.CAN.KMRX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T1100Z/
SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-MORGAN-SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-
MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEIDA...LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL...
WARTBURG...DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS...
MADISONVILLE...JASPER...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON
1004 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005 /1104 PM EST MON NOV 28 2005/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

$$

NCZ060-061-TNZ015>018-036>047-067>074-087-102-VAZ001-002-005-006-
008-291100-
/O.CON.KMRX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T1100Z/
CHEROKEE-CLAY-HANCOCK-HAWKINS-SULLIVAN-JOHNSON-ANDERSON-UNION-
GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
NORTHWEST GREENE-SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-
NORTHWEST CARTER-SOUTHEAST CARTER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON-
NW BLOUNT-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER-
SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST MONROE-EAST POLK-LEE-WISE-SCOTT-
RUSSELL-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...SNEEDVILLE...
ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT...BRISTOL...MOUNTAIN CITY...CLINTON...
OAK RIDGE...MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN...NEWPORT...
COSBY...GREENEVILLE...CEDAR CREEK...JOHNSON CITY...ERWIN...
ELIZABETHTON...ROAN MOUNTAIN...KINGSTON...LENOIR CITY...
KNOXVILLE...DANDRIDGE...MARYVILLE...CADES COVE...SEVIERVILLE...
GATLINBURG...COKER CREEK...DUCKTOWN...JONESVILLE...WISE...
GATE CITY...LEBANON...ABINGDON
1104 PM EST MON NOV 28 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY. 

THE BIGGEST THREAT WILL BE TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE
REGION...TYPICALLY ABOVE 2000 FEET. SOME LOCALIZED AREAS BELOW
2000 FEET COULD ALSO SEE THESE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. WIND GUSTS TO
41 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT THE KNOXVILLE AIRPORT.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF
40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...
SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. SOME SHALLOW ROOTED TREES COULD ALSO
BE BLOWN OVER WITH WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH.

$$
000 
WWUS74 KMRX 290845
NPWMRX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
345 AM EST TUE NOV 29 2005

...WIND ADVISORY CANCELED...

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. WINDS AHEAD
OF THE FRONT WILL BE 10 TO 15 MPH...WITH MOUNTAINS LOCATIONS SEEING
15 TO 25 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING.

NCZ060-061-TNZ015>018-036>047-067>074-087-102-VAZ001-002-005-006-
008-290945-
/O.CAN.KMRX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T1100Z/
CHEROKEE-CLAY-HANCOCK-HAWKINS-SULLIVAN-JOHNSON-ANDERSON-UNION-
GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
NORTHWEST GREENE-SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-
NORTHWEST CARTER-SOUTHEAST CARTER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON-
NW BLOUNT-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER-
SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST MONROE-EAST POLK-LEE-WISE-SCOTT-
RUSSELL-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...SNEEDVILLE...
ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT...BRISTOL...MOUNTAIN CITY...CLINTON...
OAK RIDGE...MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN...NEWPORT...
COSBY...GREENEVILLE...CEDAR CREEK...JOHNSON CITY...ERWIN...
ELIZABETHTON...ROAN MOUNTAIN...KINGSTON...LENOIR CITY...
KNOXVILLE...DANDRIDGE...MARYVILLE...CADES COVE...SEVIERVILLE...
GATLINBURG...COKER CREEK...DUCKTOWN...JONESVILLE...WISE...
GATE CITY...LEBANON...ABINGDON
345 AM EST TUE NOV 29 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WINDS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH TODAY...WITH
GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH THIS MORNING.

$$
DGS

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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.