Alert archive / Tennessee / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 6, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this high wind warning at Apr 27, 2011, 3:07 PM EDT for 8 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 11 hr. 29 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 2011, 3:07 PM EDT (19:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2011, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
Counties Blount County, TN, Carter County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Greene County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Unicoi County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 3:58 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Madisonville, TN | |
| Apr 27, 5:42 PM EDT | TORNADO | Mount Vernon, TN | *** 1 INJ *** POSSIBLE TORNADO. INJURY OCCURRED ON GAMBLE GAP ROAD. IN MOUNT VERNON AREA...7 HOUSES DESTROYED...23 WITH MAJOR DAMAGE...50 WITH MINOR DAMAGE. |
| Apr 27, 6:30 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Baileyton, TN | |
| Apr 27, 7:30 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 6 Ne Greenback, TN | |
| Apr 27, 7:46 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Nw Alcoa, TN | REPORTED AT MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT. |
| Apr 27, 8:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 7 Ssw Maryville, TN | CARPENTERS GRADE ROAD AND BERT GARNER LN |
| Apr 27, 8:03 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Vonore, TN | |
| Apr 27, 8:05 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Maryville, TN | FUNNEL CLOUD SEEN FROM MAPLE LANE BETWEEN MARYVILLE AND GREENBACK. |
| Apr 27, 8:09 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 Nw Maryville, TN | EF0. MAX WIND OF 70 MPH. |
| Apr 27, 8:10 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Friendsville, TN | |
| Apr 27, 8:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Alcoa, TN | MODERATE ROOF DAMAGE TO HOMES IN THE LOUISVILLE AREA. |
| Apr 27, 8:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mohawk, TN | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. |
| Apr 27, 8:55 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 N Bybee, TN | |
| Apr 27, 9:29 PM EDT | TORNADO | 4 W Newport, TN | EF1. PATH LENGTH OF 5 MILES. PATH WIDTH OF 150 YARDS. |
| Apr 27, 9:30 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Vonore, TN | |
| Apr 27, 9:30 PM EDT | TORNADO | Mount Vernon, TN | POSSIBLE TORNADO. TRAILER THROWN FROM ITS FOUNDATION. |
| Apr 27, 9:30 PM EDT | TORNADO | Tellico Plains, TN | POSSIBLE TORNADO. ROOF DAMAGE TO NUMEROUS BUSINESSES. |
| Apr 27, 9:35 PM EDT | TORNADO | 12 Nne Greeneville, TN | POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED |
| Apr 27, 10:00 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Se Sevierville, TN | |
| Apr 27, 10:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Del Rio, TN | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. |
| Apr 27, 10:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Newport, TN | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND DAMAGE TO COCKE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL. |
| Apr 27, 10:56 PM EDT | TORNADO | Camp Creek, TN | *** 5 FATAL *** POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR CAMP CREEK WHICH CAUSED SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND SEVERAL FATALITIES AND NUMEROUS INJURIES. |
| Apr 27, 11:03 PM EDT | TORNADO | 5 E Tusculum, TN | EF3. NEAR HORSE CREEK. MAX WIND SPEED OF 150 MPH. |
| Apr 27, 11:45 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | Townsend, TN | |
| Apr 27, 11:50 PM EDT | TORNADO | 10 E Elizabethton, TN | *** 2 FATAL *** POSSIBLE TORNADO. DAMAGE TRACK BEGINS AROUND THE BUTLER AREA AND PROCEEDS NORTHEAST THROUGH DOE...LAUREL...AND TOWARD SHADY VALLEY. 1 FATALITY IN DOE AND 1 IN BUTLER. BUILDINGS AND HOMES DESTROYED. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. |
| Apr 27, 11:50 PM EDT | TORNADO | 12 E Elizabethton, TN | *** 2 FATAL *** POSSIBLE TORNADO. DAMAGE TRACK BEGINS AROUND THE BUTLER AREA AND PROCEEDS NORTHEAST THROUGH DOE...LAUREL...AND TOWARD SHADY VALLEY. 1 FATALITY IN DOE AND 1 IN BUTLER. BUILDINGS AND HOMES DESTROYED. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. |
| Apr 27, 11:52 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 Nw Doeville, TN | *** 2 FATAL *** EF2.PATH LENGTH NEAR 12 MILES. PATH WIDTH OF 250 YARDS. MAX WIND 120 MPH. BUILDINGS AND HOMES WERE DESTROYED. |
| Apr 28, 1:00 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hampton, TN | TREES DOWN. |
| Apr 28, 1:10 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tusculum, TN | TREES DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 280 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
- 446 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 7:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion, Sequatchie | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 8:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 8:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie | 65 min |
| Apr 27, 8:37 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, Marion | 53 min |
| Apr 27, 8:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Bledsoe, Campbell, Morgan, Roane, Scott | 56 min |
| Apr 27, 9:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 9:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Scott | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 9:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Polk | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 9:33 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Meigs, Rhea | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 9:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | McMinn, Monroe | 66 min |
| Apr 27, 9:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Grainger, Jefferson, Knox and 6 more | 54 min |
| Apr 27, 9:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | McMinn | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 10:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Loudon, Meigs, Roane | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 10:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | McMinn, Monroe | 22 min |
| Apr 27, 10:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox | 18 min |
| Apr 27, 1:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Marion | 65 min |
| Apr 27, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sequatchie | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 2:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Sequatchie | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 2:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Rhea | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 2:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hamilton, Marion | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 2:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, Polk | 64 min |
| Apr 27, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan and 2 more | 56 min |
| Apr 27, 3:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | McMinn, Meigs | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 3:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, Morgan, Roane | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 3:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Loudon, McMinn, Monroe | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 3:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs, Polk | 60 min |
| Apr 27, 4:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Sevier | 51 min |
| Apr 27, 4:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | McMinn, Monroe, Polk | 65 min |
| Apr 27, 4:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Blount, Bradley, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Jefferson, Sevier | 54 min |
| Apr 27, 4:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox, Loudon, Sevier | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 5:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie | 59 min |
| Apr 27, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell, Morgan, Scott | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 5:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Loudon, Monroe | 16 min |
| Apr 27, 5:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Campbell, Scott | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 5:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, Sevier | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins and 2 more | 57 min |
| Apr 27, 5:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Campbell, Claiborne, Morgan, Scott | 61 min |
| Apr 27, 6:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton | 59 min |
| Apr 27, 6:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Marion | 61 min |
| Apr 27, 6:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, McMinn, Monroe, Polk | 66 min |
| Apr 27, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 6:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie | 62 min |
| Apr 27, 6:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Rhea | 53 min |
| Apr 27, 6:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 7:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Campbell, Claiborne, Hancock | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 7:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, Meigs | 59 min |
| Apr 27, 7:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox, Monroe, Polk | 54 min |
| Apr 27, 7:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Campbell, Morgan, Scott | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 7:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Bradley, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs and 3 more | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 7:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Hamilton, Rhea, Sequatchie | 62 min |
| Apr 27, 7:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Cocke, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Sevier | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 7:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 7:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Claiborne, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson and 6 more | 51 min |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Tennessee, 2011Every high wind warning in 2011
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.