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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Morristown, TN

July 1, 2012Blount County, Sevier County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2012, 10:33 PM EDT for Blount County, Sevier County, Tennessee. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report 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: Jul 1, 2012, 10:33 PM EDT (02:33 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2012, 11:15 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Blount County, TN, Sevier County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:36 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
Jul 1, 11:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 Sw Gatlinburg, TN	FEW TREES DOWN ON LITTLE RIVER ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 27 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 263 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1719 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2371 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

900 
WUUS54 KMRX 020233
SVRMRX
TNC009-155-020315-
/O.NEW.KMRX.SV.W.0161.120702T0233Z-120702T0315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1033 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME EASTERN BLOUNT COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
  SEVIER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT

* AT 1028 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PIGEON FORGE...OR 11 MILES
  WEST OF GATLINBURG...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ELKMONT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS 
OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS 
ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR 
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3557 8360 3556 8367 3564 8376 3573 8366
      3563 8338 3561 8340 3561 8344 3556 8349
      3556 8358
TIME...MOT...LOC 0233Z 307DEG 14KT 3566 8366

$$

DGS

1 follow-up statement

475 
WWUS54 KMRX 020259
SVSMRX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1059 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

TNC009-155-020315-
/O.CON.KMRX.SV.W.0161.000000T0000Z-120702T0315Z/
SEVIER TN-BLOUNT TN-
1059 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT
FOR EXTREME EASTERN BLOUNT AND SEVIER COUNTIES...

AT 1053 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELKMONT...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
GATLINBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OFSEVIER COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3557 8360 3556 8367 3564 8376 3573 8366
      3563 8338 3561 8340 3561 8344 3556 8349
      3556 8358
TIME...MOT...LOC 0259Z 307DEG 14KT 3559 8354

$$

MJB

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 1, 10:00 PM EDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 10:00 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1000 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

.DISCUSSION...STRONG UPPER RIDGE VERY SLOWLY BEGINS TO DAMPEN
OVERNIGHT BUT EXPECTED CONTINUED SEASONALLY VERY WARM LOWS TONIGHT.
SHOULD SEE A BAND OF CONVECTION ROLLING INTO THE AREA TONIGHT.  WITH
A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS IN PLACE...A STRAY STORM MAY BECOME
STRONG TO SEVERE.  LINGERING ASSOCIATED CLOUDS MAY AID IN SLIGHTLY
LOWERING HIGHS ON MONDAY OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE MRX CWA.
HOWEVER...THE CHA AREA IS STILL EXPECTED TO REACH HEAT ADVISORY
CRITERIA.  THEREFORE...WILL CONTINUE THE ADVISORY FOR THIS LOCATION
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.  OTHERWISE...ALL ON TRACK IN THE CURRENT
FORECAST...WILL UPDATE TO REMOVE EVENING WORDING AND ADJUST ADVISORY
HEADLINE.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN  77 102  75  97  72 /  10  20  20  20  20
KNOXVILLE AIRPORT, TN    75 100  73  96  72 /  10  20  20  20  20
OAK RIDGE, TN            75  99  73  95  72 /  10  20  20  20  20
TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN   70  95  66  94  67 /  30  30  30  20  30

&&

.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...NONE.
TN...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: BLEDSOE...BRADLEY...HAMILTON...MARION...MCMINN...
     MEIGS...NORTHWEST MONROE...RHEA...SEQUATCHIE...WEST POLK.

VA...NONE.
&&

MJB

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 4:38 AM EDT, 17 hours 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
438 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-020845-
CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS-
SULLIVAN-JOHNSON-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-
NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE-
SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER-
SOUTHEAST CARTER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT-
BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-
SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK-EAST POLK-LEE-
WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON-
438 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 /338 AM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

MORE HOT RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TODAY...AS THE HEAT
WAVE CONTINUES. FOR MORE ON THIS DANGEROUS HEAT...PLEASE SEE THE
LATEST HEAT ADVISORY PRODUCTS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRING SPOTTY AND BRIEF RELIEF FROM THE
HEAT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. AN ISOLATED STRONG TO
SEVERE STORM COULD DEVELOP IN THE INTENSE HEAT OF THE AFTERNOON
OR EVENING HOURS. GUSTY WINDS BELOW 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL WOULD BE
THE MAIN THREATS FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

HIGH TEMPERATURES MAY NOT REACH RECORD VALUES MONDAY...BUT A HEAT
ADVISORY MIGHT BE NEEDED FOR AT LEAST SOUTHERN PARTS OF EAST
TENNESSEE.

AS THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WEAKENS ACROSS THE REGION...MOISTURE
WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE FROM MID TO LATE WEEK. THIS INCREASE IN
MOISTURE COULD LEAD TO A FEW AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS.
ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE MAIN
THREATS BEING HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...UNLESS COVERAGE OF
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCREASES DURING THE WEEK.

TG

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 5:24 PM EDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
524 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

TNZ035-036-067-012215-
ANDERSON TN-MORGAN TN-ROANE TN-
524 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MORGAN...ANDERSON AND ROANE
COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM EDT...

AT 523 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF OLIVER SPRINGS...OR 8 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF WARTBURG...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

SMALL HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...OAK RIDGE...CLINTON
AND OLIVER SPRINGS.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

IN ADDITION...THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR
LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

DGS

Local storm report, Jul 1, 5:51 PM EDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
551 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0524 PM     HAIL             4 W OLIVER SPRINGS      36.04N 84.41W
07/01/2012  E0.88 INCH       MORGAN             TN   PUBLIC

&&

Local storm report, Jul 1, 6:14 PM EDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
614 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0605 PM     HAIL             4 WSW OLIVER SPRINGS    36.01N 84.40W
07/01/2012  E1.00 INCH       MORGAN             TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

The office that day

Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 8:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Blount, Monroe	31 min
Jul 1, 10:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hawkins	43 min
Jul 1, 10:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Blount, Sevier	49 min
Jul 1, 10:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Anderson, Knox, Loudon, Roane	40 min
Jul 1, 10:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hancock	39 min
Jul 1, 10:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington	36 min
Jul 1, 10:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cocke, Greene	49 min
Jul 1, 11:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley, Polk	45 min
Jul 1, 11:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Blount, Loudon, McMinn, Monroe	43 min
Jul 1, 11:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cocke, Jefferson, Sevier	35 min
Jul 1, 11:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs, Rhea	47 min
Jul 1, 11:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Greene, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington	50 min
Jul 1, 11:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley, McMinn, Monroe, Polk	45 min
Jul 1, 11:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Johnson, Sullivan	60 min
Jul 1, 11:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Jefferson	42 min
Jul 1, 11:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Greene, Hawkins	35 min
Jul 1, 11:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Blount, Knox, Loudon	50 min
Jul 1, 11:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Blount, Loudon, Monroe	44 min
Jul 2, 12:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Monroe	50 min
Jul 2, 12:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Blount, Monroe, Sevier	48 min
Jul 2, 12:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Carter, Greene, Unicoi, Washington	50 min
Jul 2, 12:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Polk	23 min
Jul 2, 4:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Bledsoe, Sequatchie	43 min
Jul 2, 5:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Hamilton, Sequatchie	43 min
Jul 2, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Marion	40 min
Jul 2, 7:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Bledsoe	88 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.