Alert archive / Tennessee / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this wind advisory at Jan 8, 2008, 11:53 AM EST for 7 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Jan 8, 2008, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 8, 2008, 11:53 AM EST (16:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 8, 2008, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2008, 7:26 PM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
Counties Blount County, TN, Carter County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Greene County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Unicoi County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:53 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 264 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
- 636 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS74 KMRX 090026 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 726 PM EST TUE JAN 8 2008 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT... .SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND ALONG THE TENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA STATE LINE. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ABOVE 2500 FEET. TNZ018-041-043-045-047-072-074-090830- /O.UPG.KMRX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080109T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KMRX.HW.W.0001.080109T0026Z-080109T1100Z/ JOHNSON-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI- SOUTHEAST CARTER-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...COSBY...CEDAR CREEK... ERWIN...ROAN MOUNTAIN...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG 726 PM EST TUE JAN 8 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...AND WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE OVERNIGHT. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...MAINLY ABOVE 2500 FEET. 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. $$ TNZ012>014-035-VAZ001-002-005-006-008-090830- /O.NEW.KMRX.WI.Y.0003.080109T0026Z-080109T1100Z/ SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-MORGAN-LEE-WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL- WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEIDA...LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL... WARTBURG...JONESVILLE...WISE...GATE CITY...LEBANON...ABINGDON 726 PM EST TUE JAN 8 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...AND WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE OVERNIGHT. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. $$ NCZ060-061-TNZ015>017-036>040-042-044-046-067>071-073-081>087- 098>102-090830- /O.NEW.KMRX.LW.Y.0001.080109T0026Z-080109T1100Z/ CHEROKEE-CLAY-HANCOCK-HAWKINS-SULLIVAN-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-SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY- WEST POLK-EAST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...SNEEDVILLE... ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT...BRISTOL...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE... MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN...NEWPORT...GREENEVILLE... JOHNSON CITY...ELIZABETHTON...KINGSTON...LENOIR CITY... KNOXVILLE...DANDRIDGE...MARYVILLE...SEVIERVILLE...DUNLAP... PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS...MADISONVILLE... COKER CREEK...JASPER...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON... DUCKTOWN 726 PM EST TUE JAN 8 2008 /626 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008/ ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST /5 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST /5 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...AND WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE OVERNIGHT. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 26 TO 30 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL CAUSE A ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$
Nearby
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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.