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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2007, 6:50 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 40 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 27, 2007, 6:50 PM EDT (22:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2007, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jefferson County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 284 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
- 394 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 945 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 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 Jun 27, 2:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 2:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 210 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2007 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND THURSDAY)...DIURNAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...AND LIKE THE PAST FEW DAYS...AN ISOLATED DOWNBURST WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STORMS WILL LIKELY DISSIPATE BY MIDNIGHT...AND SOME PATCHY FOG WILL LIKELY FORM LATE TONIGHT IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE RAIN THIS EVENING. THURSDAY LOOKS MUCH THE SAME...THOUGH MOISTURE CONTENT IS A LITTLE HIGHER AS THE ATLANTIC RIDGE WEAKENS AND A TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. MODELS SHOW A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW WHICH MAY ALSO AID CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. WILL HAVE A MENTION OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AGAIN...SOME ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .LONG TERM (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUED INTO THURSDAY EVENING...WITH BEST CHANCES REMAIN NORTH WHERE STRONGER INSTABILITY WILL BE. CONVECTION WILL BRIEFLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING INTO THE AREA ON FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES IN. WILL CONTINUE WITH LIKELY POP WORDING FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY NIGHT. REMAIN UNSURE AS TO HOW FAR SOUTH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REACH AND WILL THEREFORE KEEP A FEW LINGER SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. DRIER AIR MOVES INTO BEHIND THE FRONT WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM PROGGED INTO THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 70 91 71 89 70 / 30 20 20 60 50 KNOXVILLE AIRPORT, TN 69 89 69 87 68 / 30 30 20 70 50 OAK RIDGE, TN 69 89 69 87 67 / 30 40 20 70 50 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 66 88 66 84 65 / 30 40 30 70 60 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && DGS/MJB
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 5:15 AM EDT, 13 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 515 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2007 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-280915- 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- 515 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2007 /415 AM CDT WED JUN 27 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA... EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE WEEK...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION LATER IN THE WEEK...INCREASING THE COVERAGE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AT DIFFERENT PLACES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:24 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 324 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2007 TNZ100-101-272015- BRADLEY-WEST POLK- 324 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BRADLEY AND POLK COUNTIES... AT 317 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF BENTON....MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS IN EASTERN BRADLEY COUNTY AND NORTHWEST POLK COUNTY VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND WINDS TO AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. DGS
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:27 PM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 327 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2007 TNZ086-087-272015- NORTHWEST MONROE-SOUTHEAST MONROE- 327 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MONROE COUNTY... AT 325 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MADISONVILLE....MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. PEOPLE IN EASTERN MONROE COUNTY...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 SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY 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. DGS
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 400 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2007 TNZ085>087-099>102-272100- BRADLEY-EAST POLK-HAMILTON-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-WEST POLK- 400 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2007 ...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS AFFECTING BRADLEY...HAMILTON...MCMINN...MONROE AND POLK COUNTIES... AT 400 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR HARRISON...CLEVELAND...ATHENS...AND SWEETWATER....MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
Local storm report, Jun 27, 4:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
454 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0425 PM TSTM WND DMG VONORE 35.60N 84.23W
06/27/2007 MONROE TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN IN BALL PLAY AND VONORE. REPORTED BY SHERIFFS
OFFICE.
0440 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 NE MADISONVILLE 35.58N 84.28W
06/27/2007 MONROE TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG NILES FERRY ROAD. REPORTED BY
SHERIFFS OFFICE.
0445 PM TSTM WND DMG CHATTANOOGA 35.07N 85.26W
06/27/2007 HAMILTON TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWER LINES DOWN IN EAST RIDGE. REPORTED BY DISPATCH.
&&
MEPLocal storm report, Jun 27, 5:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Loudon, Monroe | 40 min |
| Jun 27, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 50 min |
| Jun 27, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Polk | 36 min |
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007
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.