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Tornado Warning 88, NWS Morristown, TN

May 24, 2011Lee County, Scott County, Wise County, Virginia

NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2011, 3:53 PM EDT for Lee County, Scott County, Wise County, Virginia. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 2011, 3:53 PM EDT (19:53 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2011, 4:20 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lee County, VA, Scott County, VA, Wise County, VA

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 24, 1:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 279 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: 451 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -124 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1350 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.2

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The text

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

466 
WFUS54 KMRX 241953
TORMRX
VAC105-169-195-242030-
/O.NEW.KMRX.TO.W.0088.110524T1953Z-110524T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
353 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
  SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
  WISE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 349 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF
  BENHAM...OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF JONESVILLE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
  THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  BIG STONE GAP AND APPALACHIA.

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3681 8268 3685 8300 3686 8300 3688 8291
      3690 8288 3692 8288 3693 8286 3694 8287
      3697 8287 3697 8268
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 267DEG 31KT 3689 8294

$$
DGS

2 follow-up statements

375 
WWUS54 KMRX 242006
SVSMRX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
406 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 2011

VAC105-169-195-242030-
/O.CON.KMRX.TO.W.0088.000000T0000Z-110524T2030Z/
SCOTT VA-WISE VA-LEE VA-
406 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR LEE...
WISE AND SCOTT COUNTIES...

AT 403 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR APPALACHIA...OR 14
MILES WEST OF NORTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BIG STONE GAP AROUND 415 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
APPALACHIA.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3681 8268 3685 8300 3686 8300 3688 8291
      3690 8288 3692 8288 3693 8286 3694 8287
      3697 8287 3697 8268
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 269DEG 25KT 3689 8284

$$

DGS

056 
WWUS54 KMRX 242020
SVSMRX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
420 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 2011

VAC105-169-195-242030-
/O.CAN.KMRX.TO.W.0088.000000T0000Z-110524T2030Z/
SCOTT VA-WISE VA-LEE VA-
420 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LEE...WISE AND SCOTT COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

LAT...LON 3681 8268 3685 8300 3686 8300 3688 8291
      3690 8288 3692 8288 3693 8286 3694 8287
      3697 8287 3697 8268
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 269DEG 25KT 3689 8272

$$

DGS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 10:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Lee, Scott, Wise, City of Norton	45 min
May 24, 10:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Russell, Scott, Washington, City of Bristol	57 min
May 24, 11:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Washington	32 min
May 24, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Wise, City of Norton	47 min
May 24, 4:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Russell, Scott, Wise	19 min
May 24, 4:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Lee, Russell, Scott, Wise, City of Norton	6 hr
May 24, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Lee, Wise	48 min
May 24, 4:47 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Russell, Scott	43 min
May 24, 5:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Lee	63 min
May 24, 5:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Russell, Washington	31 min
May 24, 5:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Scott, Wise	34 min
May 24, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Lee, Scott	53 min
May 24, 5:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Lee, Scott	40 min
May 24, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Russell, Scott, Wise	31 min
May 24, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Lee, Scott	61 min
May 24, 6:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Russell, Scott, Washington, City of Bristol	27 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.