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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Morristown, TN

July 28, 2008Morgan County, Scott County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2008, 1:09 PM EDT for Morgan County, Scott County, Tennessee. It was in force for 66 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
Jul 28, 2008, 1:09 PM EDT (17:09 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2008, 2:15 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Morgan County, TN, Scott County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 182 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2008-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2252 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2008-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2252 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
727 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.0

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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 Jul 28, 10:32 AM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 10:32 AM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 4:12 AM EDT, 8 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
412 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2008

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-290815-
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-
412 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2008 /312 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2008/

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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD INCREASE IN COVERAGE LATE
WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY.

HOWEVER...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

TG

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 1:06 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
106 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2008

TNZ012-013-035-036-281800-
ANDERSON-CAMPBELL-MORGAN-SCOTT-
106 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2008

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE AFFECTING ANDERSON...CAMPBELL...
MORGAN AND SCOTT COUNTIES...

AT 104 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF WARTBURG...MOVING EAST AT
16 MPH.

SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 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.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR...MAY OCCUR WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT
DRIVE THROUGH WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN

DH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXClaiborne, Hancock60 min
Jul 28, 5:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXCampbell, Claiborne3 hr
Jul 28, 6:00 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXCarter, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington3 hr
Jul 28, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXLoudon, Roane37 min
Jul 28, 6:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXMorgan3 hr
Jul 28, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson, Knox24 min
Jul 28, 6:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXAnderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, Roane3 hr
Jul 28, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXKnox29 min
Jul 28, 4:22 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXLee, Scott, Wise113 min
Jul 28, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXRussell, Washington, Wise60 min
Jul 28, 6:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXWashington3 hr

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.