Alert archive / Tennessee / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 11, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this wind advisory at Oct 17, 2012, 3:21 PM EDT for 10 counties in Tennessee; Russell County, Washington County, City of Bristol, Virginia. It took effect at Oct 18, 2012, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 17, 2012, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 18, 2012, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2012, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
Counties Blount County, TN, Carter County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Greene County, TN, Johnson County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Unicoi County, TN, Washington County, TN, City of Bristol, VA, Russell County, VA, Washington County, VA
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 268 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
- 1416 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
281 WWUS74 KMRX 171921 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 321 PM EDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE ALONG THE FOOTHILLS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... .A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION LATE TONIGHT...WITH STRONG SOUTHERLY LOW-LEVEL WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND THE MOUNTAINS. THESE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL HELP TO GENERATE MOUNTAIN WAVES NEAR THE FOOTHILLS OF THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN A NARROW ZONE ALONG THE FOOTHILLS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. TNZ018-040>047-071>074-085>087-VAZ006-008-180400- /O.NEW.KMRX.WI.Y.0011.121018T0400Z-121018T1400Z/ JOHNSON-NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE- SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER- SOUTHEAST CARTER-NW BLOUNT-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER- SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-SOUTHEAST MONROE- RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...NEWPORT...COSBY... GREENEVILLE...CEDAR CREEK...JOHNSON CITY...ERWIN...ELIZABETHTON... ROAN MOUNTAIN...MARYVILLE...CADES COVE...SEVIERVILLE... GATLINBURG...ATHENS...MADISONVILLE...COKER CREEK...LEBANON... ABINGDON 321 PM EDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT UNTIL 10 AM THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT UNTIL 10 AM THURSDAY MORNING. * EVENT...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN A NARROW ZONE ALONG THE FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. && $$ DMG
2 follow-up statements
663 WWUS74 KMRX 180120 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 920 PM EDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE ALONG THE FOOTHILLS TONIGHT... .A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION LATE TONIGHT...WITH STRONG SOUTHERLY LOW-LEVEL WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND THE MOUNTAINS. THESE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL HELP TO GENERATE MOUNTAIN WAVES NEAR THE FOOTHILLS OF THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN A NARROW ZONE ALONG THE FOOTHILLS TONIGHT. TNZ018-040>047-071>074-085>087-VAZ006-008-180930- /O.CON.KMRX.WI.Y.0011.121018T0400Z-121018T1400Z/ JOHNSON-NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE- SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER- SOUTHEAST CARTER-NW BLOUNT-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER- SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-SOUTHEAST MONROE- RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...NEWPORT...COSBY... GREENEVILLE...CEDAR CREEK...JOHNSON CITY...ERWIN...ELIZABETHTON... ROAN MOUNTAIN...MARYVILLE...CADES COVE...SEVIERVILLE... GATLINBURG...ATHENS...MADISONVILLE...COKER CREEK...LEBANON... ABINGDON 920 PM EDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THURSDAY... * EVENT...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN A NARROW ZONE ALONG THE FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. && $$
231 WWUS74 KMRX 180825 AAA NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 425 AM EDT THU OCT 18 2012 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE ALONG THE FOOTHILLS EARLY THIS MORNING... .A COLD FRONT WILL TRACK THROUGH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION THIS MORNING...WITH STRONG SOUTHERLY LOW-LEVEL WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND THE MOUNTAINS. THESE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL HELP TO GENERATE MOUNTAIN WAVES NEAR THE FOOTHILLS OF THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN A NARROW ZONE ALONG THE FOOTHILLS. TNZ018-040>047-071>074-085>087-VAZ006-008-181400- /O.CON.KMRX.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-121018T1400Z/ JOHNSON-NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE- SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER- SOUTHEAST CARTER-NW BLOUNT-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER- SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-SOUTHEAST MONROE- RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...NEWPORT...COSBY... GREENEVILLE...CEDAR CREEK...JOHNSON CITY...ERWIN...ELIZABETHTON... ROAN MOUNTAIN...MARYVILLE...CADES COVE...SEVIERVILLE... GATLINBURG...ATHENS...MADISONVILLE...COKER CREEK...LEBANON... ABINGDON 425 AM EDT THU OCT 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * EVENT...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN A NARROW ZONE ALONG THE FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND PERSIST THROUGH THE MID MORNING. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. && $$
Nearby
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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.