Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 98, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2011, 9:12 PM CDT for Bledsoe County, Rhea County, Tennessee. It was in force for 48 min. 2 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
- Jun 19, 2011, 9:12 PM CDT (02:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2011, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bledsoe County, TN, Rhea County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 9:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mount Crest, TN | ONE TREE DOWN ON BIG SPRING GAP RD. |
| Jun 19, 9:28 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Mount Crest, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 3898 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 955 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.2
- Supercell composite
- 14.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
943
WFUS54 KMRX 200212
TORMRX
TNC007-143-200300-
/O.NEW.KMRX.TO.W.0098.110620T0212Z-110620T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
912 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BLEDSOE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
RHEA COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT/1100 PM EDT/
* AT 910 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SPENCER. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
PIKEVILLE...OLD CUMBERLAND...MOUNT CREST...PALIO AND BRAYTON.
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 200 AM CDT MONDAY
MORNING/300 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING/ FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND
CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3559 8541 3572 8528 3575 8528 3576 8526
3568 8492 3545 8516 3545 8517 3542 8519
3539 8522 3555 8543
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 289DEG 26KT 3568 8534
$$
172 follow-up statements
753
WWUS54 KMRX 200222
SVSMRX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
922 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011
TNC007-143-200300-
/O.CON.KMRX.TO.W.0098.000000T0000Z-110620T0300Z/
RHEA TN-BLEDSOE TN-
922 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT/1100 PM EDT/
FOR BLEDSOE AND RHEA COUNTIES...
AT 920 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNT CREST...OR 6
MILES NORTHWEST OF PIKEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PIKEVILLE AROUND 930 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT MONDAY
MORNING/300 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING/ FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND
EAST TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3559 8541 3572 8528 3575 8528 3576 8526
3568 8492 3545 8516 3545 8517 3542 8519
3539 8522 3555 8543
TIME...MOT...LOC 0222Z 289DEG 26KT 3566 8526
$$
17489
WWUS54 KMRX 200252
SVSMRX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
952 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011
TNC007-143-200302-
/O.EXP.KMRX.TO.W.0098.000000T0000Z-110620T0300Z/
RHEA TN-BLEDSOE TN-
952 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BLEDSOE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM
CDT/1100 PM EDT/...
THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT MONDAY
MORNING/300 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING/ FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND
EAST TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3559 8541 3572 8528 3575 8528 3576 8526
3568 8492 3545 8516 3545 8517 3542 8519
3539 8522 3555 8543
TIME...MOT...LOC 0252Z 289DEG 26KT 3559 8501
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Meigs, Morgan, Rhea, Roane | 57 min |
| Jun 19, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Rhea and 1 more | 51 min |
| Jun 19, 9:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Bledsoe, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Rhea and 1 more | 82 min |
| Jun 19, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | McMinn, Monroe, Polk | 50 min |
| Jun 19, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Meigs, Rhea | 17 min |
| Jun 19, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Monroe, Polk | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 2:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Hancock | 38 min |
| Jun 20, 2:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins | 48 min |
| Jun 20, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock | 32 min |
| Jun 20, 2:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins, Washington | 43 min |
| Jun 20, 2:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Hancock | 5 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne | 52 min |
| Jun 20, 3:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Grainger, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins | 5 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hawkins, Sullivan | 50 min |
| Jun 20, 9:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Hancock, Hawkins, Sullivan | 91 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.