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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2009, 8:11 PM EDT for Russell County, Virginia. It was in force for 34 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 16, 2009, 8:11 PM EDT (00:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2009, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Russell County, VA
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 466 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
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 16, 6:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 6:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 609 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009 .DISCUSSION...UPDATED FORECAST TO ADD SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF EAST TN AND SW VA. LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS EXTENDED FROM CLAIBORNE COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO NEAR SPRING CITY IN RHEA COUNTY AND WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EAST THIS EVENING. WILL LIKELY UPDATE IN A FEW HOURS TO REMOVE COUNTIES FROM PREVIOUS WATCH IN THE NW COUNTIES AS LINE MOVES EAST. && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && TD
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 16, 6:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
658 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 SE HUNTSVILLE 36.36N 84.42W
06/16/2009 SCOTT TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES...POWER POLES AND POWERLINES DOWN
COUNTYWIDE. REPORTED BY DISPATCH.
&&
FEF/JCGLocal storm report, Jun 16, 7:15 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
715 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0655 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SW CLINTON 36.07N 84.16W
06/16/2009 ANDERSON TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE. REPORTED BY DISPATCH.
&&
FEF/JCGLocal storm report, Jun 16, 7:18 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
718 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 PM TSTM WND GST 8 NE RUTLEDGE 36.36N 83.42W
06/16/2009 E58 MPH GRAINGER TN TRAINED SPOTTER
ESTIMATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM GUST OF 58 MPH ON HIGHWAY
25E ON CLINCH MOUNTAIN. REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
&&
FEF/JCGLocal storm report, Jun 16, 7:32 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
732 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0706 PM TSTM WND DMG APPALACHIA 36.91N 82.79W
06/16/2009 WISE VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN APPALACHIA. REPORTED BY DISPATCH.
0710 PM TSTM WND DMG BIG STONE GAP 36.86N 82.78W
06/16/2009 WISE VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN BIG STONE GAP. REPORTED BY
DISPATCH.
&&
FEF/JCGLocal storm report, Jun 16, 7:49 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
749 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0725 PM TSTM WND DMG KNOXVILLE 35.97N 83.95W
06/16/2009 KNOX TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
ONE TREE DOWN ON ORLANDO STREET IN NORTH KNOXVILLE.
REPORTED BY DISPATCH.
&&
FEF/JCGLocal storm report, Jun 16, 7:52 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
752 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0725 PM FUNNEL CLOUD NEW MARKET 36.10N 83.55W
06/16/2009 JEFFERSON TN NWS EMPLOYEE
A FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED OVER NEW MARKET. REPORTED BY SON
OF A NWS EMPLOYEE.
&&
FEF/JCGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 8:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Johnson | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 4:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Hancock | 53 min |
| Jun 17, 5:01 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock | 44 min |
| Jun 17, 5:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins | 54 min |
| Jun 17, 5:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene | 56 min |
| Jun 17, 6:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Greene | 24 min |
| Jun 17, 6:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Jefferson | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 6:38 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Greene | 47 min |
| Jun 17, 7:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke | 18 min |
| Jun 17, 7:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Greene | 82 min |
| Jun 17, 10:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke and 17 more | 13 hr |
| Jun 17, 1:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Jefferson, Knox, Union | 65 min |
| Jun 17, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Jefferson | 55 min |
| Jun 17, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins | 54 min |
| Jun 17, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Knox, Sevier | 63 min |
| Jun 17, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Johnson, Unicoi | 64 min |
| Jun 17, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke | 44 min |
| Jun 17, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Greene, Unicoi, Washington | 63 min |
| Jun 17, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Johnson, Sullivan | 51 min |
| Jun 17, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Johnson, Sullivan | 58 min |
| Jun 17, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell, Claiborne, Union | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Unicoi | 29 min |
| Jun 17, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Johnson | 32 min |
| Jun 17, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne | 66 min |
| Jun 17, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins | 56 min |
| Jun 17, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell, Scott | 52 min |
| Jun 17, 4:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Scott and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Union | 56 min |
| Jun 17, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell, Claiborne | 64 min |
| Jun 17, 5:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Campbell, Claiborne, Union | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson | 66 min |
| Jun 17, 6:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Union | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Sevier | 53 min |
| Jun 17, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox, Morgan, Roane | 61 min |
| Jun 17, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Johnson | 50 min |
| Jun 17, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Knox | 63 min |
| Jun 17, 7:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Campbell, Scott | 39 min |
| Jun 17, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Loudon | 61 min |
| Jun 17, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Sevier | 58 min |
| Jun 17, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Johnson | 57 min |
| Jun 17, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox, Morgan, Roane | 61 min |
| Jun 17, 12:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Russell, Wise | 2 hr |
| Jun 17, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Wise | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Washington | 61 min |
| Jun 17, 6:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Russell, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol, City of Norton | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Norton | 29 min |
| Jun 17, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 41 min |
| Jun 17, 7:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Russell, Washington, City of Bristol | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Wise, City of Norton | 3 hr |
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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.