Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Morristown, TN

Issued

Apr 27, 2011, 4:51 PM EDT (20:51 UTC)

Expired

Apr 27, 2011, 5:45 PM EDT

In force

54 min

Issued by

NWS Morristown, TN

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Cocke County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Sevier County, TN

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS54 KMRX 272051
SVRMRX
TNC029-089-155-272145-
/O.NEW.KMRX.SV.W.0113.110427T2051Z-110427T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
451 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  COCKE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
  SEVIER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 446 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
  WEST OF PIGEON FORGE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SEVIERVILLE...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  JEFFERSON CITY...DANDRIDGE...NEWPORT...NEW MARKET...WHITE PINE...
  PARROTTSVILLE...HARRISBURG...PIEDMONT...BIRD CROSSING...CHESTNUT
  HILL...COSBY...HARTFORD...BYBEE...DEL RIO AND ROUND MOUNTAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS 
MONROE AND BLOUNT COUNTIES. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS 
SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY 
FROM WINDOWS!

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

&&

LAT...LON 3604 8368 3616 8346 3614 8329 3608 8323
      3612 8325 3612 8322 3615 8322 3613 8318
      3617 8319 3618 8317 3615 8317 3610 8306
      3595 8290 3587 8289 3584 8291 3570 8333
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 241DEG 42KT 3583 8363

$$

DH

064 
WWUS54 KMRX 272118
SVSMRX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
518 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

TNC029-089-155-272145-
/O.CON.KMRX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-110427T2145Z/
JEFFERSON TN-COCKE TN-SEVIER TN-
518 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR SEVIER...COCKE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES...

AT 513 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR DANDRIDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THE STORM HAD 
BEEN STRONGER TO THE SOUTHWEST AND IS WEAKENING BUT STILL CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  NEWPORT...WHITE PINE...PARROTTSVILLE AND BYBEE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 3604 8368 3616 8346 3614 8329 3608 8323
      3612 8324 3614 8321 3613 8317 3618 8318
      3614 8316 3609 8306 3601 8308 3571 8333
      3571 8334
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 234DEG 42KT 3603 8336

$$

TD

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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.