Alert archive / Tennessee / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this wind advisory at Feb 14, 2011, 3:10 AM EST for 7 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Feb 14, 2011, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 14, 2011, 3:10 AM EST (08:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 14, 2011, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 14, 2011, 9:00 PM EST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
Counties Blount County, TN, Carter County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Greene County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Unicoi County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:10 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 264 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2831 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
933 WWUS74 KMRX 140810 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 310 AM EST MON FEB 14 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TODAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL BRING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION TODAY. THIS COLD FRONT WILL HELP TO GENERATE STRONG AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. TNZ018-041-043-045-047-072-074-141700- /O.NEW.KMRX.WI.Y.0003.110214T0900Z-110215T0200Z/ JOHNSON-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI- SOUTHEAST CARTER-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...CEDAR CREEK...ERWIN... ROAN MOUNTAIN...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG 310 AM EST MON FEB 14 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION...AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. * WINDS: WESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. * IMPACTS: STRONG GUSTY WINDS COULD DAMAGE SHALLOW ROOTED TREES OR WEAK LIMBS. DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...ESPECIALLY WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ DMG
2 follow-up statements
393 WWUS74 KMRX 141449 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 949 AM EST MON FEB 14 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TODAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL BRING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION TODAY. THIS COLD FRONT WILL HELP TO GENERATE STRONG AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. TNZ018-041-043-045-047-072-074-142300- /O.CON.KMRX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110215T0200Z/ JOHNSON-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI- SOUTHEAST CARTER-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...CEDAR CREEK...ERWIN... ROAN MOUNTAIN...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG 949 AM EST MON FEB 14 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION...AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. * WINDS: WESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. * IMPACTS: STRONG GUSTY WINDS COULD DAMAGE SHALLOW ROOTED TREES OR WEAK LIMBS. DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...ESPECIALLY WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. && $$ DH
875 WWUS74 KMRX 142006 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 306 PM EST MON FEB 14 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL BRING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION TODAY. THIS COLD FRONT WILL HELP TO GENERATE STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. TNZ018-041-043-045-047-072-074-150200- /O.CON.KMRX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110215T0200Z/ JOHNSON-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI- SOUTHEAST CARTER-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...CEDAR CREEK...ERWIN... ROAN MOUNTAIN...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG 306 PM EST MON FEB 14 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION...BUT DIMINISH SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. * WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. * IMPACTS: STRONG GUSTY WINDS COULD DAMAGE SHALLOW ROOTED TREES OR WEAK LIMBS. DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...ESPECIALLY WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ DH
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Tennessee, 2011Every wind advisory in 2011
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.