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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Morristown, TN

June 23, 2011Morgan County, Scott County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2011, 6:03 PM EDT for Morgan County, Scott County, Tennessee. It was in force for 42 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 2011, 6:03 PM EDT (22:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2011, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Morgan County, TN, Scott County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 23, 6:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 W Oneida, TNONE TREE DOWN ON LEATHERWOOD RD AND ONE DOWN ON PINE HILL RD.
Jun 23, 6:55 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGSunbright, TNA COUPLE OF TREES DOWN IN THE SUNBRIGHT AREA.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 23, 1:37 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 169 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2011-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1096 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2011-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1096 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
529 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

395 
WUUS54 KMRX 232203
SVRMRX
TNC129-151-232245-
/O.NEW.KMRX.SV.W.0310.110623T2203Z-110623T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
603 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MORGAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
  SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 601 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 11
  MILES NORTHEAST OF MONTEREY...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  LIVINGSTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  WARTBURG...ONEIDA...HUNTSVILLE...HIGH POINT...DEERLODGE...RUGBY...
  BIG SOUTH FORK NATIONAL REFUGE...SUNBRIGHT...ELGIN...SLICK ROCK AND
  WINFIELD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

&&

LAT...LON 3660 8438 3599 8447 3598 8473 3607 8480
      3616 8492 3618 8491 3620 8492 3630 8487
      3630 8481 3634 8478 3640 8467 3659 8478
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 272DEG 31KT 3627 8512

$$
1 follow-up statement
177 
WWUS54 KMRX 232220
SVSMRX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
620 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011

TNC129-151-232245-
/O.CON.KMRX.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-110623T2245Z/
SCOTT TN-MORGAN TN-
620 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR MORGAN AND SCOTT COUNTIES...

AT 618 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 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF HIGH POINT...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF
JAMESTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  WARTBURG...ONEIDA...HUNTSVILLE...HIGH POINT...DEERLODGE...RUGBY...
  BIG SOUTH FORK NATIONAL REFUGE...SUNBRIGHT...ELGIN...SLICK ROCK...
  OAKDALE AND WINFIELD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES PRIMARY KILLERS ASSOCIATED
WITH THUNDERSTORMS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE
CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

&&

LAT...LON 3660 8438 3599 8447 3598 8473 3607 8480
      3616 8492 3618 8491 3620 8492 3630 8487
      3630 8481 3634 8478 3640 8467 3659 8478
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 272DEG 31KT 3626 8494

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCarter, Claiborne, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock and 5 more36 min
Jun 23, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Morgan, Roane, Scott and 1 more59 min
Jun 23, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson, Blount, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Morgan and 3 more47 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.