Alert archive / Tennessee / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 9, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this high wind warning at Dec 9, 2008, 3:52 PM EST for 6 counties in Tennessee; Cherokee County, Clay County, North Carolina. It was in force for 18 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 9, 2008, 3:52 PM EST (20:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2008, 9:54 AM EST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
Counties Cherokee County, NC, Clay County, NC, Blount County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Greene County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Polk County, TN, Sevier County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 251 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
- 659 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 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 092052 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 352 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA INCLUDING THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND THEIR IMMEDIATE FOOTHILLS... .A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS ON WEDNESDAY. TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENTS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. AFTER THE FRONT MOVES EAST ACROSS THE REGION...WINDS WILL DIMINISH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. NCZ060-061-TNZ041-043-072-074-087-102-100500- /O.UPG.KMRX.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-081210T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMRX.HW.W.0009.081209T2052Z-081210T1800Z/ CHEROKEE-CLAY-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE- BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST MONROE- EAST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...COSBY... CEDAR CREEK...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG...COKER CREEK...DUCKTOWN 352 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTH WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MAINLY THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND JUST WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS...SUCH AS CAMP CREEK. WINDS WILL DIMINISH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO 15 TO 25 MPH. 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. $$ TNZ036-VAZ002-100500- /O.EXB.KMRX.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-081210T1800Z/ ANDERSON-WISE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...WISE...NORTON 352 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY. SOUTH WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ACROSS THE LOWER TERRAIN...SOUTH WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO 10 TO 20 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. $$ TNZ012>014-018-035-045-047-067-081>083-098-099-100500- /O.EXT.KMRX.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-081210T1800Z/ SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-JOHNSON-MORGAN-UNICOI- SOUTHEAST CARTER-ROANE-SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MARION-HAMILTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEIDA...LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL... MOUNTAIN CITY...WARTBURG...ERWIN...ROAN MOUNTAIN...KINGSTON... DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...JASPER...CHATTANOOGA 352 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2008 /252 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /12 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /12 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY. SOUTH WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ACROSS THE LOWER TERRAIN...SOUTH WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO 10 TO 20 MPH. 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. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS74 KMRX 100343 AAA NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1043 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA INCLUDING THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND THEIR IMMEDIATE FOOTHILLS... .A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS ON WEDNESDAY. TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENTS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. AFTER THE FRONT MOVES EAST ACROSS THE REGION...WINDS WILL DIMINISH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. NCZ060-061-TNZ041-043-072-074-087-102-101145- /O.CON.KMRX.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081210T1800Z/ CHEROKEE-CLAY-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE- BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST MONROE- EAST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...COSBY... CEDAR CREEK...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG...COKER CREEK...DUCKTOWN 1043 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY. SOUTH WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MAINLY THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND JUST WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS...SUCH AS CAMP CREEK. WINDS WILL DIMINISH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO 15 TO 25 MPH. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ TNZ012>014-018-035-036-045-047-067-081>083-098-099-VAZ002-101145- /O.CON.KMRX.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-081210T1800Z/ SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-JOHNSON-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNICOI- SOUTHEAST CARTER-ROANE-SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MARION-HAMILTON- WISE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEIDA...LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL... MOUNTAIN CITY...WARTBURG...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...ERWIN... ROAN MOUNTAIN...KINGSTON...DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...JASPER... CHATTANOOGA...WISE...NORTON 1043 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2008 /943 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /12 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /12 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY. SOUTH WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ACROSS THE LOWER TERRAIN...SOUTH WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO 10 TO 20 MPH. 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. $$ TG
000 WWUS74 KMRX 101002 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 502 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS MORNING FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA INCLUDING THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND THEIR IMMEDIATE FOOTHILLS... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS TODAY. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL DECREASE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST ACROSS THE REGION. NCZ060-061-TNZ041-043-072-074-087-102-101800- /O.CON.KMRX.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081210T1800Z/ CHEROKEE-CLAY-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE- BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST MONROE- EAST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...COSBY... CEDAR CREEK...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG...COKER CREEK...DUCKTOWN 502 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MAINLY THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND JUST WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS...SUCH AS CAMP CREEK. WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON TO 15 TO 25 MPH. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ TNZ012>014-018-035-036-045-047-067-081>083-098-099-VAZ002-101800- /O.CON.KMRX.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-081210T1800Z/ SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-JOHNSON-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNICOI- SOUTHEAST CARTER-ROANE-SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MARION-HAMILTON- WISE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEIDA...LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL... MOUNTAIN CITY...WARTBURG...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...ERWIN... ROAN MOUNTAIN...KINGSTON...DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...JASPER... CHATTANOOGA...WISE...NORTON 502 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008 /402 AM CST WED DEC 10 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ACROSS THE LOWER TERRAIN...SOUTH WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 TO 20 MPH. 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. $$
000 WWUS74 KMRX 101454 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 954 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008 ...WINDS DECREASING ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING... .A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST ALABAMA THIS MORNING. AN INVERTED SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDS NORTHEAST FROM THE LOW THROUGH THE EAST TENNESSEE VALLEY. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT IN THIS TROUGH HAS RELAXED AND THE WINDS HAVE LOWERED TO BELOW WIND WARNING AND ADVISORY CRITERIA. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. WIND GUSTS ABOVE 30 MPH REMAIN POSSIBLE ABOVE 3500 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU WITH SPEEDS AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH. NCZ060-061-TNZ041-043-072-074-087-102-101600- /O.CAN.KMRX.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081210T1800Z/ CHEROKEE-CLAY-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE- BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST MONROE- EAST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...COSBY... CEDAR CREEK...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG...COKER CREEK...DUCKTOWN 954 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. $$ TNZ012>014-018-035-036-045-047-067-081>083-098-099-VAZ002-101600- /O.CAN.KMRX.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-081210T1800Z/ SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-JOHNSON-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNICOI- SOUTHEAST CARTER-ROANE-SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MARION-HAMILTON- WISE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEIDA...LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL... MOUNTAIN CITY...WARTBURG...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...ERWIN... ROAN MOUNTAIN...KINGSTON...DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...JASPER... CHATTANOOGA...WISE...NORTON 954 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008 /854 AM CST WED DEC 10 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH. $$
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.