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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 7:07 PM CST for Bledsoe County, Rhea County, Tennessee. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2012, 7:07 PM CST (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bledsoe County, TN, Rhea County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 2:19 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 149 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.
205
WFUS54 KMRX 030107
TORMRX
TNC007-143-030145-
/O.NEW.KMRX.TO.W.0046.120303T0107Z-120303T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
707 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BLEDSOE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
RHEA COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 745 PM CST/845 PM EST/
* AT 705 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SPENCER.
DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
MOUNT CREST...MELVINE AND GRANDVIEW.
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 1000 PM CST FRIDAY
EVENING/1100 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING/ FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND
CENTRAL TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3571 8528 3577 8526 3578 8504 3575 8502
3577 8492 3583 8480 3583 8478 3582 8479
3578 8475 3576 8476 3573 8474 3562 8536
3564 8536
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 262DEG 44KT 3570 8536
$$1 follow-up statement
720
WWUS54 KMRX 030126
SVSMRX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
726 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
TNC007-143-030145-
/O.CON.KMRX.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-120303T0145Z/
RHEA TN-BLEDSOE TN-
726 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CST/845 PM EST/
FOR NORTHERN BLEDSOE AND NORTHERN RHEA COUNTIES...
AT 722 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
MELVINE...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF PIKEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
MELVINE AND GRANDVIEW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FRIDAY
EVENING/1100 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING/ FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND
EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3568 8520 3577 8526 3578 8504 3575 8502
3577 8492 3583 8480 3583 8478 3582 8479
3578 8475 3576 8476 3573 8474
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 262DEG 47KT 3574 8511
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 6:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Cocke, Jefferson, Sevier | 43 min |
| Mar 2, 6:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Polk | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 6:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton | 50 min |
| Mar 2, 6:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Campbell, Scott | 50 min |
| Mar 2, 6:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Cocke, Sevier | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 6:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Campbell, Claiborne, Scott | 42 min |
| Mar 2, 6:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, Polk | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 7:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Polk | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 7:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Hancock, Hawkins | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 7:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Morgan, Scott | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 7:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Polk | 40 min |
| Mar 2, 7:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Loudon, Morgan, Rhea, Roane | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 7:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hancock, Hawkins, Sullivan | 49 min |
| Mar 2, 8:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox, Morgan, Roane | 40 min |
| Mar 2, 8:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger, Scott, Union | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 8:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Anderson, Grainger, Jefferson, Knox, Sevier, Union | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 8:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Johnson, Sullivan | 60 min |
| Mar 2, 8:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox, Sevier | 22 min |
| Mar 2, 8:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Grainger, Greene, Hancock, Hawkins | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 9:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins, Jefferson and 1 more | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 9:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Sevier, Unicoi | 48 min |
| Mar 2, 9:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 9:57 PM CST | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.