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Tornado Warning 51, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 8:56 PM EST for Lee County, Scott County, Virginia; Hancock County, Hawkins County, Sullivan County, Tennessee. It was in force for 49 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, 8:56 PM EST (01:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 9:45 PM EST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hancock County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Lee County, VA, Scott County, VA
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 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, 9:10 PM EST | TORNADO | 3 Se Jonesville, VA | SURVEY FOUND AN EF-1 WITH MAX WINDS OF 95 MPH. PATH WIDTH OF 100 YARDS. PATH LENGTH OF 1 MILE. |
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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 265 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 518 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 442 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 585 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS54 KMRX 030156
TORMRX
TNC067-073-163-VAC105-169-030245-
/O.NEW.KMRX.TO.W.0051.120303T0156Z-120303T0245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
856 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
HANCOCK COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
HAWKINS COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
SULLIVAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 945 PM EST
* AT 851 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SNEEDVILLE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING
EAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
JONESVILLE...GATE CITY...PENNINGTON GAP...WEBER CITY...KYLES
FORD...PATTONSVILLE...JASPER...OKOLONA...DUFFIELD...CLINCHPORT...
MOUNT CARMEL...FORT BLACKMORE...BLOOMINGDALE...HILTONS...DUNGANNON
AND NICKELSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
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 3678 8235 3654 8230 3651 8331 3672 8332
3672 8329 3685 8239
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 260DEG 47KT 3662 8319
$$
DH1 follow-up statement
217
WWUS54 KMRX 030230
SVSMRX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
930 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
TNC067-073-163-VAC105-169-030245-
/O.CON.KMRX.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-120303T0245Z/
SULLIVAN TN-HANCOCK TN-HAWKINS TN-SCOTT VA-LEE VA-
930 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EST FOR LEE...
SCOTT...HAWKINS...HANCOCK AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES...
AT 928 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OKOLONA...OR 14
MILES WEST OF GATE CITY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
GATE CITY...WEBER CITY...DUFFIELD...OKOLONA...CLINCHPORT...MOUNT
CARMEL...BLOOMINGDALE...HILTONS...FORT BLACKMORE...NICKELSVILLE AND
DUNGANNON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3680 8236 3679 8237 3677 8235 3654 8230
3651 8331 3672 8332 3685 8242
TIME...MOT...LOC 0229Z 266DEG 30KT 3660 8282
$$
DHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 7:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott, Wise, City of Norton | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 8:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Lee | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 9:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Russell, Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 60 min |
| Mar 2, 9:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Scott | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 10:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 46 min |
| 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, 8:29 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, 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, 9:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox, Sevier | 22 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, 10:57 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.