Alert archive / Tennessee / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this high wind warning at Jan 29, 2008, 7:11 PM EST for Cherokee County, Clay County, North Carolina; 9 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 12 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 29, 2008, 7:11 PM EST (00:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2008, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
Counties Cherokee County, NC, Clay County, NC, Blount County, TN, Carter County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Greene County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Polk County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Unicoi County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 11:20 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Sweetwater, TN | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN COUNTY WIDE. REPORTED BY DISPATCH. |
| Jan 30, 12:10 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Marble, NC | JUNK CAR BLOWN OUT OF YARD IN MARBLE. REPORTED BY DISPATCH. |
| Jan 30, 12:15 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Newport, TN | FROM 1215 AM TO 1225 AM TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE. ROOF AND PORCH DAMAGE. REPORTED BY DISPATCH. |
| Jan 30, 1:05 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Hampton, TN | FROM 105 AM TO 110 AM NUMEROUS TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE. REPORTED BY DISPATCH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 286 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1072 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS74 KMRX 300011 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 711 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS TONIGHT PRODUCING WINDY CONDITIONS. STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 45 MPH AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BECOME WEST TO NORTHWEST AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY EXCEEDING 60 MPH AT TIMES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...GENERALLY AT OR ABOVE 3500 FEET... ALONG THE TENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA STATE LINE. HOWEVER... THESE STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL CERTAINLY AFFECT VALLEY LOCATIONS AS WELL....ESPECIALLY AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PASS THROUGH YOUR LOCATIONS. WIND GUSTS THIS STRONG CAN EASILY DOWN LIMBS AND SMALL TREES ACROSS THE REGION...WHICH CAN IN TURN DOWN POWER LINES. MOTORISTS DRIVING OVERNIGHT SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE DOWNED LIMBS AND TREES ACROSS ROADWAYS. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO BETWEEN 10 AND 25 MPH BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. NCZ060-061-TNZ018-041-043-045-047-072-074-087-102-301000- /O.UPG.KMRX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080130T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMRX.HW.W.0002.080130T0011Z-080130T1200Z/ CHEROKEE-CLAY-JOHNSON-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE- UNICOI-SOUTHEAST CARTER-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST MONROE-EAST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...MOUNTAIN CITY... COSBY...CEDAR CREEK...ERWIN...ROAN MOUNTAIN...CADES COVE... GATLINBURG...COKER CREEK...DUCKTOWN 711 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...HAVING BEEN REPLACED WITH THE HIGH WIND WARNING. SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED... BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST TOWARD MORNING AND DIMINISHING. THESE VERY STRONG WINDS COULD BRIEFLY GUSTS TO OVER 60 MPH AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET IN ELEVATION...AS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS PASS THROUGH THE REGION. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ TNZ012>017-035>040-042-044-046-067>071-073-081>086-098>101-VAZ001- 002-005-006-008-301000- /O.CON.KMRX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080130T1200Z/ SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS-SULLIVAN-MORGAN- ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-NORTHWEST COCKE-NORTHWEST GREENE- WASHINGTON TN-NORTHWEST CARTER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON- NW BLOUNT-NORTH SEVIER-SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN- NORTHWEST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK-LEE-WISE-SCOTT- RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEIDA...LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL... SNEEDVILLE...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT...BRISTOL...WARTBURG... CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN... NEWPORT...GREENEVILLE...JOHNSON CITY...ELIZABETHTON...KINGSTON... LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE...DANDRIDGE...MARYVILLE...SEVIERVILLE... DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS...MADISONVILLE... JASPER...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON...JONESVILLE...WISE... GATE CITY...LEBANON...ABINGDON 711 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008 /611 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED... BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST TOWARD MORNING AND DIMINISHING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. $$ TG
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS74 KMRX 300828 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 328 AM EST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA... .A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS IS PRODUCING WINDY CONDITIONS. STRONG AND GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AVERAGING 20 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. GUSTS OCCASIONALLY EXCEEDING 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...GENERALLY AT OR ABOVE 3500 FEET. WIND GUSTS THIS STRONG CAN EASILY DOWN LIMBS AND SMALL TREES ACROSS THE REGION...WHICH CAN IN TURN DOWN POWER LINES. MOTORISTS DRIVING OVERNIGHT SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE DOWNED LIMBS AND TREES ACROSS ROADWAYS. NCZ060-061-TNZ018-041-043-045-047-072-074-087-102-301200- /O.CON.KMRX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080130T1200Z/ CHEROKEE-CLAY-JOHNSON-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE- UNICOI-SOUTHEAST CARTER-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST MONROE-EAST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...MOUNTAIN CITY... COSBY...CEDAR CREEK...ERWIN...ROAN MOUNTAIN...CADES COVE... GATLINBURG...COKER CREEK...DUCKTOWN 328 AM EST WED JAN 30 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED..THROUGH SUNRISE. THESE VERY STRONG WINDS COULD BRIEFLY GUSTS TO OVER 60 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET IN ELEVATION. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ TNZ012>017-035>040-042-044-046-067>071-073-081>086-098>101-VAZ001- 002-005-006-008-301200- /O.CON.KMRX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080130T1200Z/ SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS-SULLIVAN-MORGAN- ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-NORTHWEST COCKE-NORTHWEST GREENE- WASHINGTON TN-NORTHWEST CARTER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON- NW BLOUNT-NORTH SEVIER-SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN- NORTHWEST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK-LEE-WISE-SCOTT- RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEIDA...LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL... SNEEDVILLE...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT...BRISTOL...WARTBURG... CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN... NEWPORT...GREENEVILLE...JOHNSON CITY...ELIZABETHTON...KINGSTON... LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE...DANDRIDGE...MARYVILLE...SEVIERVILLE... DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS...MADISONVILLE... JASPER...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON...JONESVILLE...WISE... GATE CITY...LEBANON...ABINGDON 328 AM EST WED JAN 30 2008 /228 AM CST WED JAN 30 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY MORNING. WINDS AREA EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY SUNRISE. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS74 KMRX 301201 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 701 AM EST WED JAN 30 2008 NCZ060-061-TNZ018-041-043-045-047-072-074-087-102-301315- /O.EXP.KMRX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080130T1200Z/ CHEROKEE-CLAY-JOHNSON-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE- UNICOI-SOUTHEAST CARTER-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST MONROE-EAST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...MOUNTAIN CITY... COSBY...CEDAR CREEK...ERWIN...ROAN MOUNTAIN...CADES COVE... GATLINBURG...COKER CREEK...DUCKTOWN 701 AM EST WED JAN 30 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM EST THIS MORNING. THE COLD FRONT HAS EXITED THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION AND WINDS ACROSS THE AREA HAVE DIMINISHED. THEREFORE...THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGHOUT THE MORNING WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS OF 35 MPH. $$ TNZ012>017-035>040-042-044-046-067>071-073-081>086-098>101-VAZ001- 002-005-006-008-301315- /O.EXP.KMRX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080130T1200Z/ SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS-SULLIVAN-MORGAN- ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-NORTHWEST COCKE-NORTHWEST GREENE- WASHINGTON TN-NORTHWEST CARTER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON- NW BLOUNT-NORTH SEVIER-SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN- NORTHWEST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK-LEE-WISE-SCOTT- RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEIDA...LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL... SNEEDVILLE...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT...BRISTOL...WARTBURG... CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN... NEWPORT...GREENEVILLE...JOHNSON CITY...ELIZABETHTON...KINGSTON... LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE...DANDRIDGE...MARYVILLE...SEVIERVILLE... DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS...MADISONVILLE... JASPER...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON...JONESVILLE...WISE... GATE CITY...LEBANON...ABINGDON 701 AM EST WED JAN 30 2008 /601 AM CST WED JAN 30 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING. THE COLD FRONT HAS EXITED THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION AND WINDS ACROSS THE AREA HAVE DIMINISHED. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGHOUT THE MORNING WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTS OF 30 MPH POSSIBLE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 11:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee | 39 min |
| Jan 29, 9:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Hamilton, Marion, Morgan, Rhea, Scott and 1 more | 47 min |
| Jan 29, 10:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Bledsoe, Bradley, Campbell, Claiborne, Hamilton and 13 more | 36 min |
| Jan 29, 10:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger and 9 more | 47 min |
| Jan 30, 12:07 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson and 1 more | 38 min |
| Jan 30, 12:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Cocke, Greene, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi and 1 more | 40 min |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Tennessee, 2008High Wind Warnings in North Carolina, 2008Every high wind warning in 2008
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.