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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 258, NWS Morristown, TN

June 11, 2006Russell County, Scott County, Virginia

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2006, 10:57 PM EDT for Russell County, Scott County, Virginia. It was in force for 63 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: Jun 11, 2006, 10:57 PM EDT (02:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2006, 12:00 AM EDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:59 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

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 234 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 806 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1295 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

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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 Jun 11, 9:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 9:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
909 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 2006

.DISCUSSION...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TRACKING ALONG FRONT IN
NORTHEAST TN AND SOUTHWEST VA.  STILL DECENT INSTABILITY THIS
EVENING...WITH SOME ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ON RADAR.  WILL
CONTINUE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH GOING UNTIL ITS NORMAL
EXPIRATION TIME OF MIDNIGHT.  MCS TRACKING INTO KY ASSOCIATED WITH
THE FRONT...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO TRACK THROUGH OUR CWA TONIGHT...
WILL CONTINUE THE 90 POPS GOING FOR TONIGHT.  TEMPERATURES LOOK
GOOD.  WILL UPDATE ZONES TO CLEAN UP EVENING WORDING...NO OTHER
CHANGES PLANNED.

&&

.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...NONE.
TN...NONE.
VA...NONE.

&&

GH

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 3:00 AM EDT, 19 hours 57 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
300 AM EDT SUN JUN 11 2006

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005-
006-008-121000-
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-
300 AM EDT (200 AM CDT) SUN JUN 11 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A STATIONARY FRONT WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. PLENTY OF
SUNSHINE TODAY WILL ALLOW THE AIRMASS TO BECOME VERY WARM AND
UNSTABLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT.  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT TODAY WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS
MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT.  DUE TO THE EXPECTED
INSTABILITY IN THE ATMOSPHERE...SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME
SEVERE.  THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE.

TORRENTIAL RAINS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN ALSO
BE EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THE STATIONARY FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY MONDAY
AFTERNOON.  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE CHATTANOOGA AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON.  SOME OF THESE
STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION FOR TUESDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN TENNESSEE VALLEY FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON.

DH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 11, 5:15 PM EDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
515 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0450 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NE ROGERSVILLE        36.46N 82.94W
06/11/2006                   HAWKINS            TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ON BEAR HOLLOW ROAD AND ON OLD STAGE ROAD.
            REPORTED BY DISPATCH.

&&

MEP

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 8:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
826 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 2006

VAZ002-120130-
WISE-
826 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 2006

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM AFFECTING THE CITY OF NORTON AND WISE
COUNTY...

AT 825 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF WHITESBURG....MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH OUT OF LETCHER COUNTY KENTUCKY.  THIS STORM AND OTHER ISOLATED
STRONG STORMS WILL BE MOVING EAST ACROSS PARTS OF WISE COUNTY
THROUGH 9 TO 930 PM EDT.

SUSTAINED WINDS OR GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 50 MPH...HAIL OF PEA TO LESS
THAN PENNY SIZE...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ANY FURTHER STRENGTHENING OF THESE
STORMS MAY REQUIRE ISSUANCE OF A WARNING.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR...MAY OCCUR WITH
THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER
ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT
DRIVE THROUGH WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

TG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 11, 11:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Sullivan	60 min
Jun 11, 10:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Lee, Wise, City of Norton	48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.