Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 53, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2011, 6:43 PM CDT for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 62 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, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2011, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bledsoe County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| Apr 27, 7:05 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 S Spring City, TN | *** 2 INJ *** POSSIBLE TORNADO. 19 ROOFS DESTROYED. 21 HOMES WITH DAMAGE. DAMAGE PATH IS 100 FEET WIDE AND BEGINS ALONG RIDGELINE SOUTHWEST OF SPRING CITY AND TRACKED TO THE NORTHEAST TO JUST SOUTH OF SPRING CITY. |
| Apr 27, 7:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 S Spring City, TN | *** 2 INJ *** POSSIBLE TORNADO. 19 ROOFS DESTROYED. 21 HOMES WITH DAMAGE. DAMAGE PATH IS 100 FEET WIDE AND BEGINS ALONG RIDGELINE SOUTHWEST OF SPRING CITY AND TRACKED TO THE NORTHEAST TO JUST SOUTH OF SPRING CITY. |
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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 151 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.
092
WFUS54 KMRX 272343
TORMRX
TNC007-065-143-153-280045-
/O.NEW.KMRX.TO.W.0053.110427T2343Z-110428T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
643 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BLEDSOE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
HAMILTON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
RHEA COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
SEQUATCHIE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT/845 PM EDT/
* AT 639 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF SPRING CITY TO DUNLAP. DOPPLER
RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
DAYTON...SODDY-DAISY...SPRING CITY...BRAYTON...GRANDVIEW...
GRAYSVILLE...SALE CREEK...EVENSVILLE AND OLD WASHINGTON.
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 3522 8540 3532 8556 3540 8550 3554 8559
3557 8543 3577 8525 3576 8500 3583 8479
3572 8471 3568 8478 3555 8479 3555 8487
3550 8486 3544 8495 3545 8496 3547 8498
3537 8503 3516 8527 3519 8535 3515 8539
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 245DEG 29KT 3570 8499 3532 8533
$$
MJB1 follow-up statement
224
WWUS54 KMRX 280016
SVSMRX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
816 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
TNC065-280024-
/O.CAN.KMRX.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-110428T0045Z/
HAMILTON TN-
816 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HAMILTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3557 8543 3572 8528 3577 8525 3576 8500
3577 8491 3583 8479 3572 8471 3568 8478
3555 8479 3555 8488 3550 8486 3556 8492
3557 8501 3547 8532 3549 8543 3545 8546
3547 8554 3553 8559
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 230DEG 30KT 3571 8494
$$
TNC007-143-153-280045-
/O.CON.KMRX.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-110428T0045Z/
RHEA TN-SEQUATCHIE TN-BLEDSOE TN-
716 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT/845 PM EDT/
FOR BLEDSOE...SEQUATCHIE AND RHEA COUNTIES...
AT 811 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST
OF SPRING CITY...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF DAYTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH. OTHER STORMS ARE MOVING EAST FROM MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
SPRING CITY AND GRANDVIEW.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3557 8543 3572 8528 3577 8525 3576 8500
3577 8491 3583 8479 3572 8471 3568 8478
3555 8479 3555 8488 3550 8486 3556 8492
3557 8501 3547 8532 3549 8543 3545 8546
3547 8554 3553 8559
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 230DEG 30KT 3571 8494
$$
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, 5:52 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, 6:49 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 |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, 2011Every tornado warning in 2011Tornadoes in 2011
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.