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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2007, 3:24 PM EDT for Sevier 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
- Aug 21, 2007, 3:24 PM EDT (19:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2007, 3:59 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Sevier County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 279 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
- 266 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1598 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
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 Aug 21, 2:26 PM EDT, 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 2:26 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FIRE WEATHER WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
226 PM EDT TUE AUG 21 2007
.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY)...DIURNALLY INDUCED SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MRX CWA INTO THE EVENING
HOURS. ADDITIONALLY...A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
WEAK SHORT WAVE MAY KEEP SOME ISOLATED CONVECTION INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. ON WEDNESDAY...HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN CONTROL WITH ANOTHER
WEAK IMPULSE DRIFTING THROUGH TO OUR NORTH...FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. OTHERWISE...CONTINUED HOT AND HUMID THROUGH THE SHORT
TERM.
DUE TO THE VERY DRY FUEL CONDITIONS...WILL CONTINUE RED FLAG WARNING
UNTIL 8 PM TODAY AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY.
.LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)...RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE WILL REMAIN CENTERED ACROSS THE GULF COASTS STATES INTO
THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THROUGH FRIDAY. ONLY FORCING FOR CONVECTION
WILL BE OROGRAHICS...SO WILL MAINTAIN A SLIGHT POP FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...A SHORT-WAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY FLATTENING THE RIDGE ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA
FOR SUNDAY BEFORE STALLING AND DISSIPATING. WILL CALL FOR CHANCE
POPS FOR THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND SLIGHT POPS IN THE VALLEY FOR
SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. HAVE TRENDED A DEGREE OR TWO HIGHER THAN
GFX MAX TEMPERATURES DUE TO DRY SOIL CONDITIONS. UPPER RIDGE RE-
BUILDS OVER THE REGION FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 72 98 73 98 73 / 10 10 10 10 10
KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 71 95 73 96 73 / 10 10 10 10 10
OAK RIDGE, TN 70 96 73 96 73 / 10 10 10 10 10
TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 67 94 65 92 67 / 20 20 10 10 10
&&
.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: CHEROKEE...CLAY.
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: CHEROKEE...CLAY.
TN...NONE.
VA...NONE.
&&
DH/MJBHazardous weather outlook, Aug 21, 3:29 AM EDT, 11 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 329 AM EDT TUE AUG 21 2007 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-220730- 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- 329 AM EDT TUE AUG 21 2007 /229 AM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 21, 2:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 212 PM EDT TUE AUG 21 2007 TNZ016-211915- HAWKINS- 212 PM EDT TUE AUG 21 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING HAWKINS COUNTY... AT 206 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROGERSVILLE. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 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. MJB
Special weather statement, Aug 21, 2:53 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 11:47 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | MRX | 23 hr | |
| Aug 21, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Knox | 40 min |
| Aug 21, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hawkins | 28 min |
| Aug 21, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Johnson | 42 min |
| Aug 21, 1:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 18 min |
| Aug 21, 11:47 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MRX | 8 hr |
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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.