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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Morristown, TN

June 28, 2008Carter County, Johnson County, Unicoi County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2008, 9:55 PM EDT for Carter County, Johnson County, Unicoi County, Tennessee. It was in force for 50 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 28, 2008, 9:55 PM EDT (01:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2008, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Carter County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Unicoi County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 256 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 2008-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 471 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 2008-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
471 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1723 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 28, 9:03 PM EDT, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 9:03 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 3:19 AM EDT, 18 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
319 AM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-290730-
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-
319 AM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 /219 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY.
A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...PRODUCING
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TONIGHT AS WELL AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON SUNDAY...BRINGING A BETTER
CHANCE FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE
STORMS APPEARS TO BE SUNDAY MORNING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED FOR TODAY...DUE TO THE
ISOLATED NATURE OF THE EXPECTED SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...SPOTTER
ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON SUNDAY MORNING WHEN THE COVERAGE OF
SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD BE MORE WIDESPREAD AND ORGANIZED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 7:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
753 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008

TNZ014>017-038>040-042-044-070-VAZ001-002-005-290100-
CLAIBORNE-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-HANCOCK-HAWKINS-JEFFERSON-LEE-NORTHWEST
COCKE-NORTHWEST GREENE-SCOTT-SULLIVAN-WASHINGTON-WISE-
753 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFFECTING CLAIBORNE...COCKE...
GRAINGER...GREENE...HAMBLEN...HANCOCK...HAWKINS...JEFFERSON...LEE...
SCOTT...SULLIVAN...WASHINGTON AND WISE COUNTIES...

AT 749 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
PONZA TO WHITE PINE...MOVING EAST AT 31 MPH.

WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

SUSTAINED WINDS OR GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 50 MPH...HAIL OF PEA TO LESS
THAN PENNY SIZE...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ANY FURTHER STRENGTHENING OF THESE
STORMS MAY REQUIRE ISSUANCE OF A WARNING.

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 8:59 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 8:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMonroe, Polk45 min
Jun 28, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXSevier30 min
Jun 28, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCherokee, Clay46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2008Every severe thunderstorm 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.