Alert archive / Tennessee / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this wind advisory at Apr 1, 2011, 2:59 PM EDT for 13 counties in Tennessee; Cherokee County, Clay County, North Carolina; 7 counties in Virginia. It took effect at Apr 2, 2011, 4:25 AM EDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 1, 2011, 2:59 PM EDT (18:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 2, 2011, 4:25 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2011, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
All 22 counties
Cherokee County, NC, Clay County, NC, Blount County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Carter County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Greene County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Polk County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Unicoi County, TN, City of Bristol, VA, City of Norton, VA, Lee County, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Washington County, VA, Wise County, VA
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 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 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 297 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
- 1014 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
143 WWUS74 KMRX 011859 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 259 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2011 ...WEST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG ON SATURDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES COAST WILL STRENGTHEN TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. WESTERLY WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION ON SATURDAY. NCZ060-061-TNZ012>014-018-035-041-043-045-047-072-074-087-102- VAZ001-002-005-006-008-020900- /O.NEW.KMRX.WI.Y.0008.110402T1300Z-110402T2100Z/ CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-JOHNSON-MORGAN- COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI-SOUTHEAST CARTER- BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST MONROE- EAST POLK-LEE-WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...ONEIDA... LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL...MOUNTAIN CITY...WARTBURG...CEDAR CREEK... ERWIN...ROAN MOUNTAIN...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG...COKER CREEK... DUCKTOWN...JONESVILLE...WISE...NORTON...GATE CITY...LEBANON... ABINGDON 259 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM EDT SATURDAY. * TIMING: WESTERLY WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE ON SATURDAY. * WINDS: WESTERLY WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH. * IMPACTS:THESE WINDS MAY DOWN TREES OR TREE LIMBS...AND POWER LINES. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
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
922 WWUS74 KMRX 022021 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 421 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ALONG THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES COAST WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE STRONG...GUSTY WINDS INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES. THE STRONGEST GUSTS WILL MAINLY AFFECT AREAS ABOUT 3000 FEET. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. NCZ060-061-TNZ012>014-018-035-041-043-045-047-072-074-087-102- VAZ001-002-005-006-008-030200- /O.EXT.KMRX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110403T0200Z/ CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-JOHNSON-MORGAN- COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI-SOUTHEAST CARTER- BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST MONROE- EAST POLK-LEE-WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...ONEIDA... LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL...MOUNTAIN CITY...WARTBURG...CEDAR CREEK... ERWIN...ROAN MOUNTAIN...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG...COKER CREEK... DUCKTOWN...JONESVILLE...WISE...NORTON...GATE CITY...LEBANON... ABINGDON 421 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WESTERLY WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH THE EVENING. * WINDS: WESTERLY WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS:THESE WINDS MAY DOWN TREES OR TREE LIMBS...AND POWER LINES. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. && $$
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.