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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Morristown, TN

May 18, 2008Bradley County, Polk County, Tennessee; Cherokee County, North Carolina

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2008, 7:55 PM EDT for Bradley County, Polk County, Tennessee; Cherokee County, North Carolina. It was in force for 65 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
May 18, 2008, 7:55 PM EDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2008, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cherokee County, NC, Bradley County, TN, Polk County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 196 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2008-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2008-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1282 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 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 May 18, 3:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 3:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
310 PM EDT SUN MAY 18 2008

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)...COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
S THROUGH MRX CWA THIS EVENING. SHOWERS AND ISOLD TSTMS WILL END
THIS EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN QUICKLY. AIRMASS DRIES OUT
AND COOLS WITH WINDS DECREASING OVERNIGHT. TEMPS SHOULD COOL BELOW
AREA WATER TEMPS SO PATCHY FOG DEVELOPS MON MORNING. WARM FRONT
RETURNS TO THE W EDGE OF AREA EARLY MON NIGHT. WEAK LOW PRESSURE
MOVES EAST THROUGH NE TN/SW VA EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. PROBABILITY OF
PCPN ON THE INCREASE WITH THIS SYSTEM INTO TUE AFTN. ANOTHER COOL
NIGHT SETTING UP FOR TUE NGT WITH NW FLOW.

.LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)...LATEST MODELS INDICATING
MOISTURE LINGERING INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF A SHORTWAVE...BUT
WILL CONTINUE WITH A DRY FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY.  A WARM FRONT
PUSHES INTO THE REGION ON THURSDAY AND LINGERS INTO FRIDAY.  WITH
STILL UNCERTAINTY ON THE STRENGTH...POSITION AND TIMING ...WILL KEEP
ONLY 20 POPS FOR BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.  HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS
FRIDAY NIGHT BRINGING DRY WEATHER FOR THE WEEKEND.  STAYED NEAR
MEX/HPC GUIDANCE FOR TEMPERATURES.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN             50  77  59  79  56 /  20  10  20  50  10
KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN  46  74  57  75  54 /  20  10  40  50  10
OAK RIDGE, TN                       46  73  57  74  53 /  20  10  40  50  10
TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN              44  67  50  73  48 /  30  10  60  60  20

&&

.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...NONE.
TN...NONE.
VA...NONE.
&&

SON/GH
Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 4:58 AM EDT, 14 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
458 AM EDT SUN MAY 18 2008

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-190900-
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-
458 AM EDT SUN MAY 18 2008 /358 AM CDT SUN MAY 18 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

TG

In the hours before

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Special weather statement, May 18, 6:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
623 PM EDT SUN MAY 18 2008

TNZ082>084-182330-
BLEDSOE-MEIGS-RHEA-
623 PM EDT SUN MAY 18 2008

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE AFFECTING BLEDSOE...MEIGS AND RHEA
COUNTIES...

AT 518 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF PIKEVILLE. THIS STORM WAS
NEARLY STATIONARY.

SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

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 THIS THUNDERSTORM. ANY FURTHER STRENGTHENING OF THIS
STORM MAY REQUIRE ISSUANCE OF A WARNING.

MJB
Local storm report, May 18, 6:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
640 PM EDT SUN MAY 18 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0640 PM     HAIL             MORRISTOWN              36.21N 83.30W
05/18/2008  E0.75 INCH       HAMBLEN            TN   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&
Special weather statement, May 18, 7:19 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
719 PM EDT SUN MAY 18 2008

TNZ073-074-190030-
NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
719 PM EDT SUN MAY 18 2008

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE AFFECTING SEVIER COUNTY...

AT 717 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SEVIERVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

PEOPLE IN SEVIER COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SEVIERVILLE AND
PIGEON FORGE...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN
FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION
SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 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.

DGS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHancock, Hawkins55 min
May 18, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGrainger, Hamblen, Jefferson40 min
May 18, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBledsoe, Hamilton, Meigs, Rhea, Sequatchie58 min
May 18, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCocke, Greene32 min
May 18, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Marion, Meigs and 4 more64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2008Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 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.