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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2006, 4:44 PM EST for Scott County, Tennessee. It was in force for 46 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
- Mar 13, 2006, 4:44 PM EST (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2006, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Scott County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1009 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 349 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 321 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 Mar 13, 3:40 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 3:40 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED TO INCLUDE LAKE WIND ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
340 PM EST MON MAR 13 2006
.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND TUESDAY)...LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS
COLD FRONT ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY AND WESTERN TENNESSEE WITH STRONG
BOUNDARY LAYER JET AHEAD OF FROPA. CONVECTION IS STARTING TO RE-FIRE
ALONG THE FRONT WITH SPC CONSIDERING A WATCH BOX JUST WEST OF THE
FORECAST AREA. AIRMASS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA IS MARGINALLY
UNSTABLE WITH LIFTED INDICES NO LOWER THEN -1 OVER THE WEST
COUNTIES. DOWNSLOPING WINDS INTO THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VALLEY HAS
HELPED KEEP DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 40S AND LOWER 50S...BUT HAS
ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO WARM INTO THE LOWER AND MID 70S MOST
LOCATIONS.
FRONT WILL MOVE TOWARD THE AREA THIS EVENING WITH LINE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ADVECTING INTO THE REGION BETWEEN 06-08Z. MAIN
CONCERN WITH LINE OF STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS DUE
TO THE STRONG BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS (850 MB WINDS OF 40-45 KNOTS).
COLDER AIR ALOFT WILL ALSO GIVEN A POTENTIAL OF MARGINAL SEVERE HAIL
(PENNY SIZE)...BUT MARGINAL UPDRAFT STRENGTH DUE TO LIMITED CAPES
WILL KEEP CHANCE OF HAIL LOW. MODEL SOUNDING ALSO SHOW SOME
HELICITY...BUT MAINLY SPEED SHEAR. TORNADO CONCERN MIMINAL AT THIS
TIME. WILL UPDATE SPS.
FROPA OVERNIGHT WITH WIDESPREAD RAINFALL (0.50-0.75 INCH). RAINFALL
WILL END BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY WITH CLEARING SKY.
.LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)...WE WILL BE BETWEEN
WEATHER SYSTEMS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY FOR DRY AND SEASONAL
CONDITIONS. A SERIES OF WEAK DISTBANCES WILL TRACK THROUGH THE
REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY PROVIDING UNSETTLED
WEATHER THROUGH THIS TIME FRAME. FOR THE MOST PART THESE LOOK TO BE
RAIN EVENTS WITH SOME POTENTIAL FOR SCATTERED SNOW IN THE HIGHEST
ELEVATIONS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY. FOR MOST OF FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FOR A RETURN TO DRY
CONDITIONS. ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM SHOULD REACH INTO THE AREA
AROUND THE SUNDAY/MONDAY TIME FRAME.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 49 60 34 65 / 100 10 0 0
KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 48 58 30 60 / 100 10 0 0
OAK RIDGE, TN 47 60 30 60 / 100 10 0 0
TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 48 56 27 56 / 100 10 0 0
&&
.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: CHEROKEE...AND CLAY.
TN...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: ANDERSON...BLEDSOE...BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS...
BRADLEY...CAMPBELL...CLAIBORNE...COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS...
EAST POLK...GRAINGER...HAMBLEN...HAMILTON...HANCOCK...
HAWKINS...JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...KNOX...LOUDON...MARION...
MCMINN...MEIGS...MORGAN...NW BLOUNT...NORTH SEVIER...
NORTHWEST CARTER...NORTHWEST COCKE...NORTHWEST GREENE...
NORTHWEST MONROE...RHEA...ROANE...SCOTT TN...SEQUATCHIE...
SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST CARTER...SOUTHEAST
GREENE...SOUTHEAST MONROE...SULLIVAN...UNICOI...UNION...
WASHINGTON TN...AND WEST POLK.
VA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: LEE...RUSSELL...SCOTT...WASHINGTON...AND WISE.
&&
DH/MJBHazardous weather outlook, Mar 13, 3:10 PM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 310 PM EST MON MAR 13 2006 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-141015- 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- 310 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006 /210 PM EST MON MAR 13 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND NORTHERN ALABAMA AND MOVE INTO THE REGION THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS MAY BE BROUGHT DOWN TO THE SURFACE BY THE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE DAMAGE...GUSTING TO 60 MPH OR HIGHER. THE STORMS MAY ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL UP TO PENNY SIZE. WHILE ALL OF EAST TENNESSEE..SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA HAVE A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...LOCATIONS WITH THE GREATEST RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE IN THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. THE SEVERITY OF THE STORMS IS EXPECTED TO DIMINSH BY MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER NETWORK ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. DH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 10:59 AM EST, 5 hours 45 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 3:38 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter and 27 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 13, 6:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan | 38 min |
| Mar 13, 6:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 28 min |
| Mar 13, 6:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Sequatchie | 33 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.