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Tornado Warning 66, NWS Morristown, TN

April 27, 20114 counties in Virginia; Hawkins County, Sullivan County, Washington County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2011, 9:18 PM EDT for 4 counties in Virginia; Hawkins County, Sullivan County, Washington County, Tennessee. It was in force for 42 min. 6 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, 9:18 PM EDT (01:18 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2011, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Hawkins County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Washington County, TN, City of Bristol, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Washington County, VA

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 27, 9:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ssw Kingsport, TN	SEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN AND AROUND SULLIVAN GARDENS WITH NO INDICATION OF A TORNADO. REPORTED BY NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM.
Apr 27, 9:25 PM EDT	HAIL 2.75	4 Ssw Kingsport, TN	BASEBALL SIZED HAIL FELLINAND AROUND SULLIVAN GARDENS WITH NO INDICATION OF A TORNADO. REPORTED BY NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM.
Apr 27, 9:45 PM EDT	HAIL 2	7 W Bristol Va, VA
Apr 27, 9:55 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	7 Nne Bristol Tn, VA	REEDY CREEK ROAD AND BUFFALO POND ROAD
Apr 27, 9:55 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	7 Nne Bristol Tn, VA
Apr 27, 10:02 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	3 Ese Blountville, 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, 5:44 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 27, 4:36 PM EDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 212 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: 2272 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 766 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 233 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 271 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.5
Supercell composite: 14.4

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The text

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

789 
WFUS54 KMRX 280118
TORMRX
TNC073-163-179-VAC167-169-191-520-280200-
/O.NEW.KMRX.TO.W.0066.110428T0118Z-110428T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME EASTERN HAWKINS COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
  SULLIVAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
  EXTREME NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
  RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
  SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
  CITY OF BRISTOL IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 915 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR COLONIAL
  HEIGHTS...OR NEAR KINGSPORT. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  BRISTOL TN...BRISTOL VA...ABINGDON...LEBANON...CLEVELAND...TRI-CITY
  AIRPORT...BLOOMINGDALE...HILTONS...BLOUNTVILLE...NICKELSVILLE...
  COLLINGWOOD...BENHAMS...CASTLEWOOD...HANSONVILLE...HILANDER PARK...
  HOLSTON...LINDELL...EMORY-MEADOW VIEW...GLADE SPRING AND ROSEDALE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 EAST TENNESSEE. A TORNADO WATCH 
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR 
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3705 8181 3696 8178 3693 8182 3681 8172
      3639 8251 3652 8266 3705 8216 3705 8206
      3708 8203 3713 8201 3714 8190
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 228DEG 61KT 3652 8249

$$

DH

1 follow-up statement

783 
WWUS54 KMRX 280151
SVSMRX

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

TNC073-163-179-VAC167-169-191-520-280200-
/O.CON.KMRX.TO.W.0066.000000T0000Z-110428T0200Z/
SULLIVAN TN-WASHINGTON TN-HAWKINS TN-RUSSELL VA-SCOTT VA-
WASHINGTON VA-CITY OF BRISTOL VA-
951 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR CITY OF
BRISTOL...WASHINGTON...SCOTT...RUSSELL...EXTREME EASTERN HAWKINS...
EXTREME NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES...

AT 947 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TRI-CITY 
AIRPORT...OR 8 MILES EAST OF KINGSPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  BRISTOL TN...BRISTOL VA...ABINGDON...LEBANON...CLEVELAND...
  HILTONS...BLOUNTVILLE...BENHAMS...COLLINGWOOD...NICKELSVILLE...
  HILANDER PARK...HOLSTON...HANSONVILLE...CASTLEWOOD...LINDELL...
  EMORY-MEADOW VIEW...GLADE SPRING...ROSEDALE...HONAKER AND DYE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 EASTERN TENNESSEE AND ANOTHER WATCH 
FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3705 8181 3696 8178 3693 8182 3681 8172
      3639 8251 3652 8266 3705 8216 3705 8206
      3708 8203 3713 8201 3714 8190
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 236DEG 27KT 3651 8240

$$

TD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 27, 8:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Lee, Wise, City of Norton	29 min
Apr 27, 8:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Russell, Scott, Washington, City of Bristol	66 min
Apr 27, 9:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Lee, Scott	45 min
Apr 27, 9:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Lee, Scott, Wise, City of Norton	53 min
Apr 27, 9:50 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Russell, Scott, Washington, City of Bristol	55 min
Apr 27, 10:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Russell	34 min
Apr 27, 10:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Washington, City of Bristol	64 min
Apr 27, 11:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Washington	16 min
Apr 28, 12:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Russell, Scott, Washington, City of Bristol	56 min
Apr 28, 12:51 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Washington, City of Bristol	39 min
Apr 28, 1:29 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more	3 hr
Apr 27, 8:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Anderson, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs and 3 more	53 min
Apr 27, 8:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Campbell, Claiborne, Morgan, Roane, Scott, Union	65 min
Apr 27, 8:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Bradley, Hamilton	65 min
Apr 27, 8:26 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Anderson, Knox, Loudon, Meigs, Rhea, Roane	3 hr
Apr 27, 8:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins, Jefferson and 2 more	61 min
Apr 27, 8:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Marion	61 min
Apr 27, 8:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	McMinn, Polk	47 min
Apr 27, 8:48 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Blount, Knox	27 min
Apr 27, 8:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Bradley, McMinn	34 min
Apr 27, 9:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Hamilton, Rhea, Sequatchie	52 min
Apr 27, 9:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Campbell, Morgan, Scott	45 min
Apr 27, 9:17 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Blount, Loudon, McMinn, Monroe	43 min
Apr 27, 9:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins, Jefferson, Sevier and 2 more	64 min
Apr 27, 9:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Meigs, Rhea, Roane	50 min
Apr 27, 9:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Rhea	25 min
Apr 27, 9:58 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Blount, Cocke, Jefferson, Sevier	62 min
Apr 27, 10:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MRX	Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Hamilton and 14 more	8 hr
Apr 27, 10:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Loudon, Morgan, Scott and 1 more	40 min
Apr 27, 10:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Blount, Bradley, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe and 2 more	46 min
Apr 27, 10:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Knox	51 min
Apr 27, 10:46 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Claiborne, Grainger, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Union	59 min
Apr 27, 10:49 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Blount, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Sevier	26 min
Apr 27, 10:50 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Greene, Unicoi, Washington	40 min
Apr 27, 10:52 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Blount, Loudon, McMinn, Monroe, Polk	23 min
Apr 27, 10:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Blount, Cocke, Jefferson, Sevier	63 min
Apr 27, 11:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Carter, Johnson	65 min
Apr 27, 11:13 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Blount, Knox, Loudon, Monroe	47 min
Apr 27, 11:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Blount, Jefferson, Knox, Sevier	24 min
Apr 27, 11:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Cocke, Greene, Jefferson, Sevier	63 min
Apr 28, 12:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Greene	49 min
Apr 28, 12:40 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Carter, Greene, Unicoi, Washington	31 min
Apr 28, 12:59 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie	51 hr

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Virginia, 2011 Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, 2011 Every tornado warning in 2011 Tornadoes 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.