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Tornado Warning 89, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2011, 4:47 PM EDT for Russell County, Scott County, Virginia. It was in force for 43 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
- May 24, 2011, 4:47 PM EDT (20:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2011, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 4:50 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | Dungannon, VA | |
| May 24, 5:10 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 Se Castlewood, VA | EARLIER REPORTED TORNADO HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED...EMA COULD NOT FIND ANY SIGNS OF DAMAGE IN THE REPORTED AREA. |
| May 24, 5:10 PM EDT | TORNADO | 5 Se Castlewood, VA | POSSIBLE TORNADO IN THE BOLTON AREA. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
287 WFUS54 KMRX 242047 TORMRX VAC167-169-242130- /O.NEW.KMRX.TO.W.0089.110524T2047Z-110524T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 447 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA... SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 530 PM EDT * AT 444 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTON. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... CASTLEWOOD. 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 3690 8219 3678 8218 3678 8252 3687 8252 TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 264DEG 24KT 3683 8245 $$ DGS
1 follow-up statement
287 WWUS54 KMRX 242105 SVSMRX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 505 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 2011 VAC167-169-242130- /O.CON.KMRX.TO.W.0089.000000T0000Z-110524T2130Z/ RUSSELL VA-SCOTT VA- 505 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR SCOTT AND RUSSELL COUNTIES... AT 502 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CASTLEWOOD...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEBANON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWEST RUSSELL COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. && LAT...LON 3690 8219 3678 8218 3678 8252 3687 8252 TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 273DEG 30KT 3681 8227 $$ 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, 3:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott, Wise | 27 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, 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 |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.