Alert archive / Tennessee / High Wind Watches in 2011
High Wind Watch 4, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this high wind watch at Nov 27, 2011, 3:23 PM EST for Cocke County, Tennessee. It took effect at Nov 28, 2011, 9:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 27, 2011, 3:23 PM EST (20:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 28, 2011, 9:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 28, 2011, 4:34 AM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
County Cocke County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 290 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
- 1191 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
713 WWUS74 KMRX 272023 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 323 PM EST SUN NOV 27 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THROUGH MONDAY EVENING INCREASING THE PRESSURE GRADIENTS ACROSS THE REGION. THE TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE AREA WITH WINDY CONDITIONS ANTICIPATED FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. TNZ018-044>047-VAZ006-008-280430- /O.EXB.KMRX.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-111129T0700Z/ JOHNSON-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER-SOUTHEAST CARTER- RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...JOHNSON CITY...ERWIN... ELIZABETHTON...ROAN MOUNTAIN...LEBANON...ABINGDON 323 PM EST SUN NOV 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EST TUESDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EST TUESDAY. * EVENT...WINDY WITH STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY DOWN TREES OR TREE LIMBS...AND POWER LINES. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 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. && $$ TNZ040-041-280430- /O.NEW.KMRX.HW.A.0004.111129T0200Z-111129T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMRX.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-111129T0200Z/ NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWPORT...COSBY 323 PM EST SUN NOV 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST MONDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * EVENT...WINDY WITH STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY DOWN TREES OR TREE LIMBS...AND POWER LINES. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. && $$ TNZ085>087-280430- /O.EXT.KMRX.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-111128T2100Z/ MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-SOUTHEAST MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...MADISONVILLE...COKER CREEK 323 PM EST SUN NOV 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST MONDAY... * EVENT...WINDY WITH STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY DOWN TREES OR TREE LIMBS...AND POWER LINES. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 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. && $$ TNZ071>074-280430- /O.EXT.KMRX.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-111129T0200Z/ NW BLOUNT-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER- SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYVILLE...CADES COVE...SEVIERVILLE... GATLINBURG 323 PM EST SUN NOV 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST MONDAY... * EVENT...WINDY WITH STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY DOWN TREES OR TREE LIMBS...AND POWER LINES. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. && $$ TNZ042-043-280430- /O.EXT.KMRX.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-111129T0700Z/ NORTHWEST GREENE-SOUTHEAST GREENE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENEVILLE...CEDAR CREEK 323 PM EST SUN NOV 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EST TUESDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * EVENT...WINDY WITH STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY DOWN TREES OR TREE LIMBS...AND POWER LINES. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
872 WWUS74 KMRX 280200 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 900 PM EST SUN NOV 27 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THROUGH MONDAY EVENING INCREASING THE PRESSURE GRADIENTS ACROSS THE REGION. THE TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE AREA WITH WINDY CONDITIONS ANTICIPATED FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. TNZ040-041-281000- /O.CON.KMRX.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-111129T0200Z/ /O.CON.KMRX.HW.A.0004.111129T0200Z-111129T0600Z/ NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWPORT...COSBY 900 PM EST SUN NOV 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST MONDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * EVENT...WINDY WITH STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY DOWN TREES OR TREE LIMBS...AND POWER LINES. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. && $$ TNZ085>087-281000- /O.CON.KMRX.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-111128T2100Z/ MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-SOUTHEAST MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...MADISONVILLE...COKER CREEK 900 PM EST SUN NOV 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST MONDAY... * EVENT...WINDY WITH STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY DOWN TREES OR TREE LIMBS...AND POWER LINES. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 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. && $$ TNZ071>074-281000- /O.CON.KMRX.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-111129T0200Z/ NW BLOUNT-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER- SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYVILLE...CADES COVE...SEVIERVILLE... GATLINBURG 900 PM EST SUN NOV 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST MONDAY... * EVENT...WINDY WITH STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY DOWN TREES OR TREE LIMBS...AND POWER LINES. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. && $$ TNZ018-042>047-VAZ006-008-281000- /O.CON.KMRX.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-111129T0700Z/ JOHNSON-NORTHWEST GREENE-SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI- NORTHWEST CARTER-SOUTHEAST CARTER-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...GREENEVILLE... CEDAR CREEK...JOHNSON CITY...ERWIN...ELIZABETHTON... ROAN MOUNTAIN...LEBANON...ABINGDON 900 PM EST SUN NOV 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EST TUESDAY... * EVENT...WINDY WITH STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY DOWN TREES OR TREE LIMBS...AND POWER LINES. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 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. && $$
338 WWUS74 KMRX 280934 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 434 AM EST MON NOV 28 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER THE AREA WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTH THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS TO SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. TNZ085-086-281045- /O.CAN.KMRX.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-111128T2100Z/ MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...MADISONVILLE 434 AM EST MON NOV 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WHILE WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THE RISK OF STRONGER WINDS HAS DIMINISHED. $$ TNZ040-041-281700- /O.CAN.KMRX.HW.A.0004.111129T0200Z-111129T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMRX.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-111129T0200Z/ NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWPORT...COSBY 434 AM EST MON NOV 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WATCH. * EVENT...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...THESE WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY DOWN TREES OR TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 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. && $$ TNZ018-042>047-VAZ006-008-281700- /O.EXT.KMRX.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-111129T0500Z/ JOHNSON-NORTHWEST GREENE-SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI- NORTHWEST CARTER-SOUTHEAST CARTER-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...GREENEVILLE... CEDAR CREEK...JOHNSON CITY...ERWIN...ELIZABETHTON... ROAN MOUNTAIN...LEBANON...ABINGDON 434 AM EST MON NOV 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * EVENT...SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...THESE WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY DOWN TREES OR TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. && $$ TNZ087-281700- /O.CON.KMRX.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-111128T2100Z/ SOUTHEAST MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...COKER CREEK 434 AM EST MON NOV 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * EVENT...SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...THESE WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY DOWN TREES OR TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 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. && $$ TNZ071>074-281700- /O.CON.KMRX.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-111129T0200Z/ NW BLOUNT-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER- SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYVILLE...CADES COVE...SEVIERVILLE... GATLINBURG 434 AM EST MON NOV 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... * EVENT...SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...THESE WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY DOWN TREES OR TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Nov 27, 12:24 PM EST, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 27, 12:24 PM EST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1224 PM EST SUN NOV 27 2011
.AVIATION...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THROUGH THE FORECAST
PERIOD PRODUCING WIDESPREAD RAIN...SOME HEAVY...FROM TYS WESTWARD.
DOWNSLOPING WINDS INTO THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE VALLEY WILL HELP
KEEP RAIN SCATTERED AND CEILINGS HIGHER AT TRI. TIGHT PRESSURE
GRADIENTS AROUND THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE STRONG BOUNDARY LAYER JET
WITH 850MB WINDS OF NEARLY 50KTS+. CIGS AND VIS WILL LOWER FROM
SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. WILL TAKE CHA AS LOW AS IFR LATE. WILL TAKE
TYS TO MVFR TONIGHT AND TRI TO MVFR LATE. LOWER CONDITIONS ARE
CERTAINLY POSSIBLE. LOW LEVEL JET FAIRLY STRONG...BUT LOOKS
BORDERLINE FOR LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR GIVEN EXPECTED SURFACE
WINDS...SO NO MENTION IN TAFS FOR NOW.
&&
.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...FLOOD WATCH FROM 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: CHEROKEE...CLAY.
TN...FLOOD WATCH FROM 5 PM EST /4 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ANDERSON...
BLEDSOE...BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS...BRADLEY...CAMPBELL...
COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS...EAST POLK...HAMILTON...JEFFERSON...
KNOX...LOUDON...MARION...MCMINN...MEIGS...MORGAN...NW
BLOUNT...NORTH SEVIER...NORTHWEST COCKE...NORTHWEST
MONROE...RHEA...ROANE...SCOTT TN...SEQUATCHIE...SEVIER
SMOKY MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST MONROE...WEST POLK.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS...COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS...
MCMINN...NW BLOUNT...NORTH SEVIER...NORTHWEST COCKE...
NORTHWEST GREENE...NORTHWEST MONROE...SEVIER SMOKY
MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST GREENE...SOUTHEAST MONROE.
VA...NONE.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 27, 2:27 PM EST, 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 227 PM EST SUN NOV 27 2011 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-281930- 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- 227 PM EST SUN NOV 27 2011 /127 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN TO THE AREA...WITH HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. THIS MAY RESULT IN SOME FLOODING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE AREA. ALSO...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... STRONG...GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN ON MONDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA DEEPENS ALONG A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WHILE SHIFTING SLOWLY NORTH INTO THE OHIO VALLEY MONDAY NIGHT. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS RATHER STRONG STORM SYSTEM...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE DURING THE DAY MONDAY ACROSS THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TENNESSEE VALLEY...SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. THE EXTENDED PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING IN THESE AREAS ON MONDAY. ALSO...SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS AS COLDER AIR SPILLS INTO THE REGION. SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY TUESDAY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE MAY BECOME COLD ENOUGH FOR SOME SNOW TO MIX WITH THE RAIN ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS LATER IN THE DAY TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. WHILE SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN...LITTLE IN THE WAY OF ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE BECAUSE MUCH OF THE FROZEN PRECIPITATION WILL MELT AS IT FALLS. LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY CONTINUE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING DURING THE AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED TO REPORT ANY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS THAT OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 4:26 AM EST | Flood Watch | MRX | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Cocke and 15 more | 42 hr |
| Nov 27, 9:26 AM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Cocke | 54 hr |
| Nov 27, 9:30 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Blount, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Johnson, McMinn and 4 more | 43 hr |
| Nov 27, 9:55 AM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Sevier | 35 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.