Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2006, 8:25 PM EDT for Bradley County, Hamilton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 2006, 8:25 PM EDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2006, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bradley County, TN, Hamilton County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2820 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 13, 7:50 PM EDT, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 13, 7:50 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 750 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006 .DISCUSSION...UPPER LOW OVER THE VICINITY OF LAKE MICHIGAN IS SLOWLY DROPPING SOUTH TOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY. A SERIES OF WAVES CONTINUES TO ROTATE AROUND THE LOW...PROVIDING THE POTENTIAL FOR ASSOCIATED PRECIP TO BRUSH ACROSS NORTHERN ZONES. ADDITIONALLY...AN UPPER JET WILL PUSH INTO THE REGION THIS EVENING/OVERNIGHT...PROVIDING DECENT UPPER SUPPORT FOR CONVECTION. THE MAIN FOCUS OF THIS SHOULD REMAIN TO OUR WEST AND SOUTH. WITH OUR AIR MASS REMAINING FAIRLY DRY IN WESTERLY FLOW WITH DEWPOINT IN THE 40S...CHANCE POPS CURRENTLY IN FORECAST SHOULD HANDLE THE SITUATION. WILL UPDATE FORECAST TO REMOVE EVENING WORDING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 51 67 46 66 / 40 30 20 20 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 49 63 43 63 / 50 40 30 30 OAK RIDGE, TN 48 62 44 63 / 50 40 30 30 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 47 61 42 61 / 50 40 30 30 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && MJB
Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 3:45 AM EDT, 16 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 345 AM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-140830- ANDERSON-BLEDSOE-BLOUNT SMOKY MTN-BRADLEY-CAMPBELL-CHEROKEE- CLAIBORNE-CLAY-COCKE SMOKY MTN-EAST POLK-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-HAMILTON- HANCOCK-HAWKINS-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-KNOX-LEE-LOUDON-MARION-MCMINN- MEIGS-MORGAN-NORTH SEVIER-NORTHWEST CARTER-NORTHWEST COCKE- NORTHWEST GREENE-NORTHWEST MONROE-NW BLOUNT-RHEA-ROANE-RUSSELL- SCOTT TN-SCOTT VA-SEQUATCHIE-SEVIER SMOKY MTN-SOUTHEAST CARTER- SOUTHEAST GREENE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-SULLIVAN-UNICOI-UNION- WASHINGTON TN-WASHINGTON VA-WEST POLK-WISE- 345 AM EDT (245 AM CDT) SAT MAY 13 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHEAST INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TONIGHT...RESULTING IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST OUT THROUGH THURSDAY...DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF A LARGE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TO OUR NORTH OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO RIVER VALLEY REGIONS. HOWEVER...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS UNLIKELY AT THIS TIME. TG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 13, 8:12 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 812 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006 TNZ099-140045- HAMILTON- 812 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY... AT 811 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN....MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY...INCLUDING LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN AND CHATTANOOGA...EAST BRAINERD...AND OOLTEWAH...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES PRIMARY KILLERS. REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR EAST TENNESSEE. DGS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 10:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion | 44 min |
| May 13, 10:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Monroe | 25 min |
| May 13, 11:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 27 min |
| May 13, 11:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley | 25 min |
| May 14, 12:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Monroe | 33 min |
| May 13, 9:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Clay | 21 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006
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.