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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2011, 5:52 PM CDT for Bledsoe County, Rhea County, Tennessee. It was in force for 53 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, 5:52 PM CDT (22:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2011, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bledsoe County, TN, Rhea County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 6:22 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Spring City, TN | |
| Apr 27, 6:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | 8 Ssw Pikeville, TN | *** 4 FATAL, 10 INJ *** EF3.PATH LENGTH OF 9 MILES. PATH WIDTH OF ONE QUARTER MILE. MAX WIND OF 140 MPH. BEGAN NEAR PITTS GAP ROAD WITH PATH OF DAMAGE CONTINUING NORTHEAST TO NEAR NEW HARMONY. SEVEN HOUSES DESTRYOED AND BARNS BLOWN AWAY. |
| Apr 27, 6:50 PM CDT | TORNADO | 8 Ssw Pikeville, TN | *** 4 FATAL, 10 INJ *** POSSIBLE TORNADO. BEGAN NEAR PITTS GAP ROAD WITH PATH OF DAMAGE CONTINUING NORTHEAST TOWARD RHEA COUNTY. SEVERAL HOUSES DESTRYOED. |
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, 10.9 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.
- 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 272252
TORMRX
TNC007-143-272345-
/O.NEW.KMRX.TO.W.0048.110427T2252Z-110427T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
552 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 645 PM CDT/745 PM EDT/
* AT 548 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES EAST OF
DUNLAP. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
PIKEVILLE AROUND 600 PM CDT.
DAYTON AROUND 705 PM EDT.
SPRING CITY AROUND 720 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
GRAYSVILLE...EVENSVILLE...OLD WASHINGTON 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 MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY
MORNING/100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING/ FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND
CENTRAL TENNESSEE. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING/100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING/ FOR
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3577 8525 3576 8500 3577 8491 3583 8481
3579 8474 3576 8475 3574 8472 3569 8472
3570 8477 3562 8478 3546 8496 3546 8499
3541 8501 3543 8510 3546 8512 3545 8517
3535 8523 3554 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 225DEG 45KT 3542 8519
$$
MJB1 follow-up statement
464
WWUS54 KMRX 272327
SVSMRX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
627 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
TNC007-143-272345-
/O.CON.KMRX.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-110427T2345Z/
RHEA TN-BLEDSOE TN-
627 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT/745 PM EDT/
FOR BLEDSOE AND RHEA COUNTIES...
AT 621 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PALIO...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST
OF DUNLAP...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG STORM NEAR
SPRING CITY REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN SPRING CITY.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PIKEVILLE AROUND 630 PM CDT.
DAYTON AROUND 740 PM EDT.
SPRING CITY AROUND 745 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
EVENSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY
MORNING/100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING/ FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND
EASTERN TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3577 8525 3576 8500 3577 8491 3583 8481
3579 8474 3576 8475 3574 8472 3569 8472
3570 8477 3562 8478 3546 8496 3546 8499
3541 8501 3543 8510 3546 8512 3545 8517
3535 8523 3554 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 244DEG 44KT 3552 8527
$$
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, 5:14 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, 5:57 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.