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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 12:50 PM EST for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 25 min. 3 reports 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
- Mar 2, 2012, 12:50 PM EST (17:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 1:15 PM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bradley County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Polk County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 12:55 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 E Cleveland, TN | HOMES DAMAGED AND NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE PROSPECT COMMUNITY. |
| Mar 2, 1:00 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Cleveland, TN | SEVERAL TREES DOWN. TRAMPOLINE IN A TREE. POWER LINES DOWN |
| Mar 2, 1:05 PM EST | TORNADO | Cleveland, TN | *** 6 INJ *** EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS 100 HOMES DAMAGED AND SEVERAL BUSINESSES DAMAGED |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 10:25 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 1667 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
802 WFUS54 KMRX 021750 TORMRX TNC011-065-107-139-021815- /O.NEW.KMRX.TO.W.0021.120302T1750Z-120302T1815Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1250 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BRADLEY COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... HAMILTON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... MCMINN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... POLK COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 115 PM EST * AT 1244 PM EST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR OOTELWAH...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHATTANOOGA. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... CLEVELAND...BENTON...CHARLESTON...MCDONALD...WATERVILLE... HOPEWELL...TASSO...CALHOUN AND DENTVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. && LAT...LON 3538 8460 3511 8459 3506 8511 3523 8516 TIME...MOT...LOC 1750Z 255DEG 41KT 3517 8502 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 3:00 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Blount, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Johnson, Sevier and 1 more | 21 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hawkins, Sullivan | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 10:59 AM EST | Flood Watch | MRX | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter and 27 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 2, 11:25 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Sequatchie | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 11:31 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Marion | 44 min |
| Mar 2, 11:39 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Morgan | 22 min |
| Mar 2, 11:49 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hamilton, Marion | 41 min |
| Mar 2, 11:55 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Campbell, Morgan, Scott | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 11:57 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Rhea | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 12:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie | 44 min |
| Mar 2, 12:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Hancock | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 12:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Campbell, Claiborne | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 12:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Loudon, Meigs, Rhea, Roane | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 12:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton, Meigs, Rhea | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 1:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox | 41 min |
| Mar 2, 1:19 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Knox, Sevier | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 1:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, McMinn, Monroe, Polk | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 1:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Cocke, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Sevier | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 1:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Monroe | 41 min |
| Mar 2, 2:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Monroe | 47 min |
| Mar 2, 3:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie | 41 min |
| Mar 2, 3:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon, McMinn, Monroe, Roane | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 4:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Meigs, Rhea | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 4:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Marion, Sequatchie | 51 min |
| Mar 2, 4:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon, Roane | 50 min |
| Mar 2, 5:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 5:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 5:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 5:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Hamilton, Meigs, Rhea | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 5:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Scott | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 5:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | McMinn, Meigs, Rhea | 18 min |
| Mar 2, 5:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Campbell, Claiborne, Scott | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 6:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton, Marion | 42 min |
| Mar 2, 6:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon, McMinn, Monroe | 45 min |
| Mar 2, 6:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton | 47 min |
| Mar 2, 6:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Loudon, McMinn, Monroe | 45 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.