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Tornado Warning 99, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2011, 10:45 PM EDT for Meigs County, Rhea County, Tennessee. It was in force for 17 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
- Jun 19, 2011, 10:45 PM EDT (02:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2011, 11:02 PM EDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Meigs County, TN, Rhea County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 9:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 163 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.
016
WFUS54 KMRX 200245
TORMRX
TNC121-143-200315-
/O.NEW.KMRX.TO.W.0099.110620T0245Z-110620T0315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1045 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MEIGS COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
RHEA COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT
* AT 1040 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF PIKEVILLE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
DAYTON...DECATUR...GRAYSVILLE...EVENSVILLE...OLD WASHINGTON AND BIG
SPRING.
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 300 AM EDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3533 8497 3536 8498 3538 8500 3538 8503
3541 8502 3544 8511 3548 8512 3550 8515
3554 8510 3570 8497 3552 8473 3530 8492
TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 304DEG 30KT 3554 8507
$$
172 follow-up statements
625
WWUS54 KMRX 200258
SVSMRX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1058 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
TNC121-143-200315-
/O.CON.KMRX.TO.W.0099.000000T0000Z-110620T0315Z/
RHEA TN-MEIGS TN-
1058 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR MEIGS
AND RHEA COUNTIES...
AT 1056 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OLD WASHINGTON...
OR NEAR DAYTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
DECATUR AND BIG SPRING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND EAST TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3533 8497 3536 8498 3538 8500 3538 8503
3541 8502 3544 8511 3548 8512 3550 8515
3554 8510 3570 8497 3552 8473 3530 8492
TIME...MOT...LOC 0258Z 304DEG 30KT 3548 8493
$$
17536
WWUS54 KMRX 200302
SVSMRX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1102 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
TNC121-143-200312-
/O.CAN.KMRX.TO.W.0099.000000T0000Z-110620T0315Z/
RHEA TN-MEIGS TN-
1102 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MEIGS AND RHEA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LEVELS. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND EAST TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3533 8497 3536 8498 3538 8500 3538 8503
3541 8502 3544 8511 3548 8512 3550 8515
3554 8510 3570 8497 3552 8473 3530 8492
TIME...MOT...LOC 0302Z 304DEG 30KT 3546 8490
$$
17The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 9:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Meigs, Morgan, Rhea, Roane | 57 min |
| Jun 19, 9:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Rhea and 1 more | 51 min |
| Jun 19, 10:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Bledsoe, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Rhea and 1 more | 82 min |
| Jun 19, 10:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Rhea | 48 min |
| Jun 19, 10:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | McMinn, Monroe, Polk | 50 min |
| Jun 19, 10:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Monroe, Polk | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 3:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Hancock | 38 min |
| Jun 20, 3:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins | 48 min |
| Jun 20, 3:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock | 32 min |
| Jun 20, 3:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins, Washington | 43 min |
| Jun 20, 3:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Hancock | 5 hr |
| Jun 20, 4:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne | 52 min |
| Jun 20, 4:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Grainger, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins | 5 hr |
| Jun 20, 9:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hawkins, Sullivan | 50 min |
| Jun 20, 10:59 AM EDT | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.