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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2011, 4:00 PM EDT for 5 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 60 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, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2011, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bradley County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Polk County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11:27 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 170 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.
342
WFUS54 KMRX 272000
TORMRX
TNC011-065-107-121-139-272100-
/O.NEW.KMRX.TO.W.0035.110427T2000Z-110427T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
400 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BRADLEY COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
HAMILTON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
MCMINN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
MEIGS COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
POLK COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 500 PM EDT
* AT 356 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF CHARLESTON TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST
OF HARRISON. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT
65 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
ATHENS...CHARLESTON...ETOWAH...SALE CREEK...CALHOUN...BIRCHWOOD...
BIG SPRING...HILLSVIEW AND RICEVILLE.
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 500 PM EDT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3516 8524 3544 8512 3543 8510 3544 8507
3541 8501 3545 8498 3544 8492 3545 8490
3546 8454 3523 8451
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 237DEG 56KT 3530 8459 3524 8501
$$
MJB2 follow-up statements
846
WWUS54 KMRX 272024
SVSMRX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
424 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
TNC011-065-107-121-139-272100-
/O.CON.KMRX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-110427T2100Z/
BRADLEY TN-HAMILTON TN-MCMINN TN-MEIGS TN-POLK TN-
424 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR POLK...
MEIGS...MCMINN...HAMILTON AND BRADLEY COUNTIES...
AT 419 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RICEVILLE...OR 10
MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATHENS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
ATHENS AND ETOWAH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3516 8524 3544 8512 3543 8510 3544 8507
3541 8501 3545 8498 3544 8492 3545 8490
3546 8454 3523 8451
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 232DEG 45KT 3539 8467
$$
TD349
WWUS54 KMRX 272047
SVSMRX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
447 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
TNC065-121-272056-
/O.CAN.KMRX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-110427T2100Z/
HAMILTON TN-MEIGS TN-
447 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MEIGS AND HAMILTON COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN TENNESSEE. A
TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT THURSDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHEAST TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3519 8493 3524 8490 3527 8490 3530 8488
3533 8485 3539 8484 3543 8479 3546 8454
3523 8451
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 254DEG 20KT 3522 8478
$$
TNC011-107-139-272100-
/O.CON.KMRX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-110427T2100Z/
BRADLEY TN-MCMINN TN-POLK TN-
447 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR POLK...
MCMINN AND BRADLEY COUNTIES...
AT 443 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH ROTATION. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR TASSO...OR NEAR CLEVELAND...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
ATHENS...CHARLESTON...ETOWAH...HILLSVIEW...CALHOUN...DENTVILLE AND
RICEVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3519 8493 3524 8490 3527 8490 3530 8488
3533 8485 3539 8484 3543 8479 3546 8454
3523 8451
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 254DEG 20KT 3522 8478
$$
TDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 7:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion, Sequatchie | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 8:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 8:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie | 65 min |
| Apr 27, 8:37 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, Marion | 53 min |
| Apr 27, 8:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Bledsoe, Campbell, Morgan, Roane, Scott | 56 min |
| Apr 27, 9:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 9:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Scott | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 9:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Polk | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 9:33 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Meigs, Rhea | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 9:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | McMinn, Monroe | 66 min |
| Apr 27, 9:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Grainger, Jefferson, Knox and 6 more | 54 min |
| Apr 27, 9:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | McMinn | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 10:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Loudon, Meigs, Roane | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 10:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | McMinn, Monroe | 22 min |
| Apr 27, 10:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox | 18 min |
| Apr 27, 1:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Marion | 65 min |
| Apr 27, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sequatchie | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 2:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Sequatchie | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 2:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Rhea | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 2:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hamilton, Marion | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 2:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, Polk | 64 min |
| Apr 27, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan and 2 more | 56 min |
| Apr 27, 3:07 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | MRX | Blount, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Johnson, Monroe and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | McMinn, Meigs | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 3:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, Morgan, Roane | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 3:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Loudon, McMinn, Monroe | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 3:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 4:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Sevier | 51 min |
| Apr 27, 4:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | McMinn, Monroe, Polk | 65 min |
| Apr 27, 4:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Blount, Bradley, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Jefferson, Sevier | 54 min |
| Apr 27, 4:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox, Loudon, Sevier | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 5:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie | 59 min |
| Apr 27, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell, Morgan, Scott | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 5:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Loudon, Monroe | 16 min |
| Apr 27, 5:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Campbell, Scott | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 5:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, Sevier | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins and 2 more | 57 min |
| Apr 27, 5:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Campbell, Claiborne, Morgan, Scott | 61 min |
| Apr 27, 6:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton | 59 min |
| Apr 27, 6:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Marion | 61 min |
| Apr 27, 6:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, McMinn, Monroe, Polk | 66 min |
| Apr 27, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 6:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie | 62 min |
| Apr 27, 6:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Rhea | 53 min |
| Apr 27, 6:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 7:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Campbell, Claiborne, Hancock | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 7:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, Meigs | 59 min |
| Apr 27, 7:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox, Monroe, Polk | 54 min |
| Apr 27, 7:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Campbell, Morgan, Scott | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 7:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Bradley, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs and 3 more | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 7:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Hamilton, Rhea, Sequatchie | 62 min |
| Apr 27, 7:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Cocke, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Sevier | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 7:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 7:54 PM EDT | 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.