Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 50, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 8:38 PM EST for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 37 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
- Mar 2, 2012, 8:38 PM EST (01:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 9:15 PM EST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Loudon County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Roane County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 9:15 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Kingston, TN | SEVERAL TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE |
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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 171 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.
862
WFUS54 KMRX 030138
TORMRX
TNC105-129-143-145-030215-
/O.NEW.KMRX.TO.W.0050.120303T0138Z-120303T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
838 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
LOUDON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
MORGAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
NORTHERN RHEA COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
ROANE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 915 PM EST
* AT 836 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SPRING CITY...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CROSSVILLE.
DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
ROCKWOOD...KINGSTON...LENOIR CITY...GRANDVIEW...EAGLE FURNACE...
PINE ORCHARD...FAIRVIEW...HARRIMAN...OAKDALE...DEARMOND AND
BRADBURY.
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 1100 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3571 8492 3576 8493 3578 8490 3578 8488
3583 8480 3583 8478 3591 8469 3598 8471
3610 8438 3579 8421
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 257DEG 50KT 3580 8489
$$1 follow-up statement
826
WWUS54 KMRX 030155
SVSMRX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
855 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
TNC143-030204-
/O.CAN.KMRX.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-120303T0215Z/
RHEA TN-
855 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN RHEA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED RHEA COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3583 8478 3591 8469 3598 8471 3610 8439
3609 8437 3579 8421 3576 8471
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 256DEG 48KT 3586 8466
$$
TNC105-129-145-030215-
/O.CON.KMRX.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-120303T0215Z/
ROANE TN-LOUDON TN-MORGAN TN-
855 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EST FOR MORGAN...
LOUDON AND ROANE COUNTIES...
AT 850 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCKWOOD...MOVING
EAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
KINGSTON...LENOIR CITY...PINE ORCHARD...FAIRVIEW...HARRIMAN...
OAKDALE...DEARMOND AND BRADBURY.
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 1100 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3583 8478 3591 8469 3598 8471 3610 8439
3609 8437 3579 8421 3576 8471
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 256DEG 48KT 3586 8466
$$The 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, 7:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Campbell, Claiborne, Scott | 42 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, 8:56 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.