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Tornado Warning 91, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2011, 5:14 PM EDT for Scott County, Wise County, Virginia. It was in force for 34 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, 5:14 PM EDT (21:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2011, 5:48 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Scott County, VA, Wise County, VA
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 252 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.
939 WFUS54 KMRX 242114 RRA TORMRX VAC169-195-242200- /O.NEW.KMRX.TO.W.0091.110524T2114Z-110524T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 514 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA... WISE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 600 PM EDT * AT 511 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BIG STONE GAP...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTON. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... DUNGANNON. 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 3694 8242 3677 8240 3678 8275 3687 8274 TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 266DEG 25KT 3684 8268 $$ DGS
2 follow-up statements
530 WWUS54 KMRX 242124 SVSMRX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 524 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 2011 VAC169-195-242200- /O.CON.KMRX.TO.W.0091.000000T0000Z-110524T2200Z/ SCOTT VA-WISE VA- 524 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR WISE AND SCOTT COUNTIES... AT 520 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF DUNGANNON...OR NEAR NORTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... DUNGANNON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. && LAT...LON 3694 8242 3677 8240 3678 8275 3687 8274 TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 261DEG 25KT 3686 8260 $$ DGS
814 WWUS54 KMRX 242148 RRA SVSMRX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 548 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 2011 VAC169-195-242158- /O.CAN.KMRX.TO.W.0091.000000T0000Z-110524T2200Z/ SCOTT VA-WISE VA- 548 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR 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 3694 8242 3677 8240 3678 8275 3687 8274 TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 261DEG 25KT 3689 8239 $$ 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, 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, 5:22 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.