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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2011, 12:25 PM CDT for Marion County, Tennessee. It was in force for 65 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
- Apr 27, 2011, 12:25 PM CDT (17:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2011, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Marion County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 1:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Se Tracy City, TN | TREES DOWN ON HWY 150 BLOCKING THE ROAD. |
| Apr 27, 1:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 6 E South Pittsburg, TN |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 10:27 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 714 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
261
WFUS54 KMRX 271725
TORMRX
TNC115-271830-
/O.NEW.KMRX.TO.W.0027.110427T1725Z-110427T1830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1225 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MARION COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 130 PM CDT
* AT 121 PM EDT/1221 PM CDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 24
MILES SOUTHWEST OF SEWANEE...OR 27 MILES WEST OF BRIDGEPORT.
DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 55
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
JASPER...MONTEAGLE...SOUTH PITTSBURG...WHITWELL...ORME...HALETOWN
(GUILD)...MARTIN SPRINGS...GRIFFITH CREEK AND POWELLS CROSSROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3524 8585 3521 8574 3524 8570 3529 8570
3532 8556 3522 8540 3514 8538 3511 8540
3510 8537 3506 8537 3500 8544 3498 8548
3498 8571 3499 8587 3522 8587
TIME...MOT...LOC 1723Z 248DEG 49KT 3494 8616
$$
TG2 follow-up statements
989
WWUS54 KMRX 271755
SVSMRX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1255 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
TNC115-271830-
/O.CON.KMRX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-110427T1830Z/
MARION TN-
1255 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR MARION
COUNTY...
AT 1249 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ORME...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRIDGEPORT...MOVING EAST TO
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
JASPER...MONTEAGLE...SOUTH PITTSBURG...WHITWELL...HALETOWN
(GUILD)...MARTIN SPRINGS...GRIFFITH CREEK AND POWELLS CROSSROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3524 8585 3521 8574 3524 8570 3529 8570
3532 8556 3522 8540 3514 8538 3511 8540
3510 8537 3506 8537 3500 8544 3498 8548
3498 8571 3499 8587 3522 8587
TIME...MOT...LOC 1754Z 248DEG 49KT 3508 8582
$$
TG600
WWUS54 KMRX 271818
SVSMRX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
118 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
TNC115-271830-
/O.CON.KMRX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-110427T1830Z/
MARION TN-
118 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR MARION
COUNTY...
AT 113 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
JASPER...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
WHITWELL AROUND 125 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE POWELLS
CROSSROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3524 8585 3521 8574 3524 8570 3529 8570
3532 8556 3522 8540 3514 8538 3511 8540
3510 8537 3506 8537 3500 8544 3498 8548
3498 8571 3499 8587 3522 8587
TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 248DEG 49KT 3516 8560
$$
MJBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 6:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion, Sequatchie | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 7:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 7:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie | 65 min |
| Apr 27, 7:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, Marion | 53 min |
| Apr 27, 7:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Bledsoe, Campbell, Morgan, Roane, Scott | 56 min |
| Apr 27, 8:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 8:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Scott | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 8:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Polk | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 8:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Meigs, Rhea | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 8:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | McMinn, Monroe | 66 min |
| Apr 27, 8:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Grainger, Jefferson, Knox and 6 more | 54 min |
| Apr 27, 8:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | McMinn | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 9:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Loudon, Meigs, Roane | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 9:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | McMinn, Monroe | 22 min |
| Apr 27, 9:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox | 18 min |
| Apr 27, 1:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sequatchie | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 1:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Sequatchie | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 1:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Rhea | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 1:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hamilton, Marion | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 1:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, Polk | 64 min |
| Apr 27, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan and 2 more | 56 min |
| Apr 27, 2:07 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | MRX | Blount, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Johnson, Monroe and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | McMinn, Meigs | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 2:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, Morgan, Roane | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 2:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Loudon, McMinn, Monroe | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 2:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs, Polk | 60 min |
| Apr 27, 3:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Sevier | 51 min |
| Apr 27, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | McMinn, Monroe, Polk | 65 min |
| Apr 27, 3:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Blount, Bradley, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Jefferson, Sevier | 54 min |
| Apr 27, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox, Loudon, Sevier | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie | 59 min |
| Apr 27, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell, Morgan, Scott | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Loudon, Monroe | 16 min |
| Apr 27, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Campbell, Scott | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, Sevier | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins and 2 more | 57 min |
| Apr 27, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Campbell, Claiborne, Morgan, Scott | 61 min |
| Apr 27, 5:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton | 59 min |
| Apr 27, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Marion | 61 min |
| Apr 27, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, McMinn, Monroe, Polk | 66 min |
| Apr 27, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie | 62 min |
| Apr 27, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Rhea | 53 min |
| Apr 27, 5:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Campbell, Claiborne, Hancock | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, Meigs | 59 min |
| Apr 27, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox, Monroe, Polk | 54 min |
| Apr 27, 6:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Campbell, Morgan, Scott | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Bradley, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs and 3 more | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Hamilton, Rhea, Sequatchie | 62 min |
| Apr 27, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Cocke, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Sevier | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 6:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Claiborne, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson and 6 more | 51 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.