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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Morristown, TN

April 27, 2011Bledsoe County, Rhea County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2011, 1:23 PM CDT for Bledsoe County, Rhea County, Tennessee. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 27, 2011, 1:23 PM CDT (18:23 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2011, 2:15 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bledsoe County, TN, Rhea County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:27 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 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 156 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

852 
WFUS54 KMRX 271823
TORMRX
TNC007-143-271915-
/O.NEW.KMRX.TO.W.0029.110427T1823Z-110427T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
123 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BLEDSOE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
  RHEA COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 215 PM CDT/315 PM EDT/

* AT 119 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF
  DUNLAP. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...SPRING CITY...PALIO...OLD CUMBERLAND...
  BRAYTON...GRAYSVILLE...MOUNT CREST...EVENSVILLE...OLD WASHINGTON...
  MELVINE AND GRANDVIEW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON/500 PM EDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/ FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH 
CAROLINA AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE.

&&

LAT...LON 3562 8538 3578 8516 3576 8500 3583 8479
      3579 8474 3569 8472 3570 8476 3568 8478
      3555 8479 3555 8488 3550 8486 3544 8492
      3547 8498 3541 8501 3543 8510 3546 8512
      3545 8517 3537 8524 3554 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 1822Z 234DEG 46KT 3543 8543

$$

TG

3 follow-up statements

047 
WWUS54 KMRX 271844
SVSMRX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
144 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

TNC007-143-271915-
/O.CON.KMRX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110427T1915Z/
RHEA TN-BLEDSOE TN-
144 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT/315 PM EDT/
FOR BLEDSOE AND RHEA COUNTIES...

AT 141 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BRAYTON...OR 8
MILES SOUTH OF PIKEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...SPRING CITY...MOUNT CREST...EVENSVILLE...OLD
  WASHINGTON...MELVINE AND GRANDVIEW.

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/500 PM EDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/ FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

&&

LAT...LON 3562 8538 3578 8516 3576 8500 3583 8479
      3579 8474 3569 8472 3570 8476 3568 8478
      3555 8479 3555 8488 3550 8486 3544 8492
      3547 8498 3541 8501 3543 8510 3546 8512
      3545 8517 3537 8524 3554 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 237DEG 43KT 3551 8514

$$

MJB

015 
WWUS54 KMRX 271856
SVSMRX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
156 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

TNC007-143-271915-
/O.CON.KMRX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110427T1915Z/
RHEA TN-BLEDSOE TN-
156 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT/315 PM EDT/
FOR BLEDSOE AND RHEA COUNTIES...

AT 255 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EVENSVILLE...OR 7
MILES NORTH OF DAYTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  SPRING CITY...OLD WASHINGTON...MELVINE AND GRANDVIEW.

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/500 PM EDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/ FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

&&

LAT...LON 3562 8538 3578 8516 3576 8500 3583 8479
      3579 8474 3569 8472 3570 8476 3568 8478
      3555 8479 3555 8488 3550 8486 3544 8492
      3547 8498 3541 8501 3543 8510 3546 8512
      3545 8517 3537 8524 3554 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 237DEG 43KT 3559 8498

$$

MJB

556 
WWUS54 KMRX 271917
SVSMRX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
217 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

TNC007-143-271927-
/O.EXP.KMRX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110427T1915Z/
RHEA TN-BLEDSOE TN-
217 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BLEDSOE AND RHEA COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON/500 PM EDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/ FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3562 8538 3578 8516 3576 8500 3583 8479
      3579 8474 3569 8472 3570 8476 3568 8478
      3555 8479 3555 8488 3550 8486 3544 8492
      3547 8498 3541 8501 3543 8510 3546 8512
      3545 8517 3537 8524 3554 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 237DEG 43KT 3559 8498

$$

MJB

The 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, 12:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Marion	65 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, 1:27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.