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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2011, 5:14 PM CDT for Marion County, Tennessee. It was in force for 61 min. 3 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, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2011, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Marion County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 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, 5:21 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 6 W Jasper, TN | OCCURRING ON BATTLE CREEK ROAD |
| Apr 27, 5:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Jasper, TN | |
| Apr 27, 5:32 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S South Pittsburg, TN | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE MIDWAY COMMUNITY. |
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, 3:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 146 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.
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WFUS54 KMRX 272214
TORMRX
TNC115-272315-
/O.NEW.KMRX.TO.W.0045.110427T2214Z-110427T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
514 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MARION COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 506 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BRIDGEPORT.
DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
WHITWELL...MARTIN SPRINGS...POWELLS CROSSROADS AND GRIFFITH CREEK.
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 MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3498 8586 3499 8587 3509 8587 3531 8556
3527 8549 3527 8545 3522 8540 3514 8538
3511 8540 3510 8537 3506 8537 3498 8548
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 228DEG 62KT 3506 8557
$$
MJB1 follow-up statement
232
WWUS54 KMRX 272238
SVSMRX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
538 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
TNC115-272315-
/O.CON.KMRX.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110427T2315Z/
MARION TN-
538 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR MARION
COUNTY...
AT 536 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HALETOWN
(GUILD)...OR NEAR JASPER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. AT 532 PM CDT
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ON HWY 72 AT THE ALABAMA
AND TENNESSEE STATE LINE NEAR SOUTH PITTSBURG.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
WHITWELL...MARTIN SPRINGS...POWELLS CROSSROADS AND GRIFFITH CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3498 8586 3499 8587 3509 8587 3531 8556
3527 8549 3527 8545 3522 8540 3514 8538
3511 8540 3510 8537 3506 8537 3498 8548
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 234DEG 36KT 3508 8552
$$
TDThe 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, 1:23 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, 5:39 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.