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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 7:48 PM EST for Campbell County, Claiborne County, Scott County, Tennessee. It was in force for 42 min. 4 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, 7:48 PM EST (00:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 8:30 PM EST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Campbell County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Scott County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 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, 8:00 PM EST | HAIL 1.75 | Jellico, TN | |
| Mar 2, 8:00 PM EST | HAIL 2.75 | Jellico, TN | BASEBALL HAIL IN JELLICO...HAIL DAMAGE TO CARS AND HOMES. |
| Mar 2, 8:23 PM EST | TORNADO | Harrogate-Shawanee, TN | EF2 TORNADO WITH 120 MPH MAX WINDS. PATH WIDTH OF 250 YARD. SEVERAL ROOFS BLOWN OFF OF HOMES. |
| Mar 2, 8:29 PM EST | TORNADO | Harrogate-Shawanee, TN | POSSIBLE TORNADO...DISPATCH REPORTED TREES DOWN AND A FEW HOUSES 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, 3:19 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 254 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
- 262 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1382 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
395
WFUS54 KMRX 030048
TORMRX
TNC013-025-151-030130-
/O.NEW.KMRX.TO.W.0043.120303T0048Z-120303T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
748 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CAMPBELL COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
EASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 830 PM EST
* AT 746 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES
NORTHEAST OF HUNTSVILLE...OR 11 MILES EAST OF ONEIDA. DOPPLER RADAR
SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
HARROGATE-SHAWANEE...TAZEWELL...ELK VALLEY...JELLICO...WHITE OAK...
CLAIRFIELD...SPRINGDALE AND ARTHUR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 1100 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3659 8345 3643 8343 3642 8380 3644 8381
3642 8383 3644 8386 3642 8390 3641 8443
3660 8445 3659 8369 3660 8368 3660 8362
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 258DEG 48KT 3649 8431
$$
DH1 follow-up statement
236
WWUS54 KMRX 030116
SVSMRX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
816 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
TNC013-025-151-030130-
/O.CON.KMRX.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-120303T0130Z/
SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL TN-CLAIBORNE TN-
816 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EST FOR
CLAIBORNE...CAMPBELL AND SCOTT COUNTIES...
AT 814 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CLAIRFIELD...OR 9
MILES WEST OF MIDDLESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
HARROGATE-SHAWANEE...TAZEWELL AND ARTHUR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3659 8345 3643 8343 3642 8380 3644 8381
3642 8383 3644 8386 3642 8390 3641 8443
3660 8445 3659 8369 3660 8368 3660 8362
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 258DEG 48KT 3657 8384
$$
DHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 7:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Cocke, Jefferson, Sevier | 43 min |
| Mar 2, 7:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Polk | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 7:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton | 50 min |
| Mar 2, 7:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Campbell, Scott | 50 min |
| Mar 2, 7:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Cocke, Sevier | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 7:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, Polk | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 8:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Rhea | 38 min |
| Mar 2, 8:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Polk | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 8:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Hancock, Hawkins | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 8:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Morgan, Scott | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 8:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Polk | 40 min |
| Mar 2, 8:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Loudon, Morgan, Rhea, Roane | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 8:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hancock, Hawkins, Sullivan | 49 min |
| Mar 2, 9:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox, Morgan, Roane | 40 min |
| Mar 2, 9:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger, Scott, Union | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 9:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Anderson, Grainger, Jefferson, Knox, Sevier, Union | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 9:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Johnson, Sullivan | 60 min |
| Mar 2, 9:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox, Sevier | 22 min |
| Mar 2, 9:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Grainger, Greene, Hancock, Hawkins | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 10:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins, Jefferson and 1 more | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 10:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Sevier, Unicoi | 48 min |
| Mar 2, 10:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 10:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Unicoi | 33 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.