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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Morristown, TN

April 27, 20114 counties in Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2011, 6:39 PM EDT for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 66 min. 5 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, 6:39 PM EDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2011, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bradley County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Polk County, TN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 27, 6:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Cleveland, TN	TREES DOWN ON OLD PARKERSVILLE ROAD.
Apr 27, 6:49 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Benton, TN
Apr 27, 6:54 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Sw Etowah, TN	ROOF BLOWN OFF HOME AND SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE COG HILL COMMUNITY.
Apr 27, 7:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Nnw Benton, TN	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR THE ATHENS RD AND PINHOOK RD INTERSECTION.
Apr 27, 7:00 PM EDT	HAIL 1.25	Cleveland, 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, 4:36 PM EDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 198 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

730 
WFUS54 KMRX 272239
TORMRX
TNC011-107-123-139-272345-
/O.NEW.KMRX.TO.W.0046.110427T2239Z-110427T2345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BRADLEY COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
  MCMINN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
  MONROE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
  POLK COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BENTON.
  DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DUCKTOWN AROUND 645 PM EDT.
  ETOWAH AROUND 650 PM EDT.
  ATHENS AROUND 655 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
DENTVILLE...BULLET CREEK...COKER CREEK...MOUNT VERNON AND TELLICO
PLAINS.

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 100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3499 8491 3536 8487 3536 8485 3540 8484
      3547 8477 3549 8477 3553 8472 3553 8471
      3544 8424 3524 8427 3522 8429 3498 8433
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 238DEG 39KT 3519 8462

$$

MJB

2 follow-up statements

763 
WWUS54 KMRX 272300
SVSMRX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
700 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

TNC011-107-123-139-272345-
/O.CON.KMRX.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-110427T2345Z/
BRADLEY TN-MCMINN TN-MONROE TN-POLK TN-
700 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR POLK...
MONROE...MCMINN AND BRADLEY COUNTIES...

AT 658 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BULLET CREEK...OR
14 MILES NORTHEAST OF BENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  BRADLEY...MCMINN...MONROE AND POLK COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
  FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... MOUNT VERNON AND TELLICO PLAINS.

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 100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING 
FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN TENNESSEE.

&&

LAT...LON 3499 8491 3536 8487 3536 8485 3540 8484
      3547 8477 3549 8477 3553 8472 3553 8471
      3544 8424 3524 8427 3522 8429 3498 8433
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 239DEG 44KT 3530 8442

$$

TD

032 
WWUS54 KMRX 272336
SVSMRX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
736 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

TNC123-139-272346-
/O.CAN.KMRX.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-110427T2345Z/
MONROE TN-POLK TN-
736 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR POLK AND MONROE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING 
FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN TENNESSEE. 

LAT...LON 3535 8487 3536 8484 3540 8484 3542 8482
      3547 8477 3549 8477 3553 8472 3551 8470
      3547 8447 3532 8485
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 239DEG 23KT 3546 8468

$$

TNC011-107-272345-
/O.CON.KMRX.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-110427T2345Z/
BRADLEY TN-MCMINN TN-
736 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR MCMINN
AND EXTREME NORTHERN BRADLEY COUNTIES...

AT 735 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CLEAR 
WATER...OR NEAR ATHENS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ATHENS AND CLEAR WATER.

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.

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 SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

&&

LAT...LON 3535 8487 3536 8484 3540 8484 3542 8482
      3547 8477 3549 8477 3553 8472 3551 8470
      3547 8447 3532 8485
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 239DEG 23KT 3546 8468

$$

TD

The 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, 4:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs, Polk	60 min
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, 6:40 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.