Alert archive / Tennessee / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 16, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this wind advisory at Sep 6, 2011, 12:16 AM CDT for 10 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 6, 2011, 12:16 AM CDT (05:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2011, 10:10 AM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
Counties Bledsoe County, TN, Bradley County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Marion County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Polk County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:18 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 nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 501 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
560 WWUS74 KMRX 060516 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 116 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE EARLY THIS MORNING... .THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM LEE WAS LOCATED ACROSS EASTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST GEORGIA. THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AROUND THE LOW PRESSURE WAS PRODUCING WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE. THESE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST UNTIL MID-MORNING. TNZ081>086-098>101-061330- /O.NEW.KMRX.WI.Y.0016.110906T0516Z-110906T1500Z/ SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-MARION- HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...DECATUR... ATHENS...MADISONVILLE...JASPER...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON 116 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 /1216 AM CDT TUE SEP 6 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING. * EVENT...NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MID-MORNING. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID- MORNING...THEN DIMINISH. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS MAY DOWN TREES OR TREE LIMBS...AND POWER LINES. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. && $$
2 follow-up statements
753 WWUS74 KMRX 060809 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 409 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE EARLY THIS MORNING... .THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM LEE WAS LOCATED ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA. THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AROUND THE LOW PRESSURE WAS PRODUCING WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE. THESE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST UNTIL MID-MORNING. TNZ081>086-098>101-061500- /O.CON.KMRX.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110906T1500Z/ SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-MARION- HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...DECATUR... ATHENS...MADISONVILLE...JASPER...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON 409 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 /309 AM CDT TUE SEP 6 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING... * EVENT...NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MID-MORNING. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID- MORNING...THEN DIMINISH. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS MAY DOWN TREES OR TREE LIMBS...AND POWER LINES. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. && $$
918 WWUS74 KMRX 061510 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1110 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 ...WINDS DECREASING ACROSS SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE... .NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS HAD DECREASED ACROSS SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM LEE MOVED NORTHEAST THIS MORNING. TNZ081>086-098>101-061615- /O.CAN.KMRX.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110906T1500Z/ SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-MARION- HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...DECATUR... ATHENS...MADISONVILLE...JASPER...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON 1110 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 /1010 AM CDT TUE SEP 6 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY SPEEDS FOR THE REST OF THE DAY...AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM LEE MOVE NORTHEAST AND WEAKEN FURTHER. BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL LINGER...WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS AT TIMES. $$ TG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 3:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Hamilton, Loudon, McMinn and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 3:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, Roane, Sevier | 6 hr |
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.