Alert archive / Tennessee / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this wind advisory at Jan 22, 2012, 2:45 PM EST for 8 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Jan 22, 2012, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 22, 2012, 2:45 PM EST (19:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 22, 2012, 10:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2012, 11:17 AM EST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
Counties Blount County, TN, Carter County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Greene County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Unicoi County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 280 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
- 619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
030 WWUS74 KMRX 221945 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 245 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY OVER THE MOUNTAINS... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION...AND WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT THROUGH OUR AREA ON MONDAY. THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AROUND THIS SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO WINDY CONDITIONS AT TIMES ACROSS THE TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. TNZ018-041-043-045-047-072-074-087-230400- /O.NEW.KMRX.WI.Y.0003.120123T0300Z-120123T2100Z/ JOHNSON-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI- SOUTHEAST CARTER-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SOUTHEAST MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...COSBY...CEDAR CREEK... ERWIN...ROAN MOUNTAIN...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG...COKER CREEK 245 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST MONDAY. * WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND WILL REACH SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES ACROSS SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TONIGHT. THE WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY...BEFORE WINDS BEGIN TO SUBSIDE LATER MONDAY AFTERNOON. * DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES ESPECIALLY WHERE ROADS CROSS HIGHER ELEVATION AREAS. IN ADDITION...A FEW TREES OR POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
048 WWUS74 KMRX 230152 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 852 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND MONDAY OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND THEIR ADJACENT FOOTHILLS... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY LATE TONIGHT...WITH HIGH PRESSURE REMAINING ANCHORED OVER THE CAROLINAS. THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THESE TWO SYSTEMS WILL LEAD TO WINDY CONDITIONS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND THEIR ADJACENT FOOTHILLS TONIGHT AND INTO MONDAY. TNZ018-041-043-045-047-072-074-087-231000- /O.CON.KMRX.WI.Y.0003.120123T0300Z-120123T2100Z/ JOHNSON-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI- SOUTHEAST CARTER-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SOUTHEAST MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...COSBY...CEDAR CREEK... ERWIN...ROAN MOUNTAIN...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG...COKER CREEK 852 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST MONDAY... * EVENT: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND INTO MONDAY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND THEIR ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. * IMPACTS: DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY WHERE ROADS CROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. IN ADDITION...A FEW TREES OR POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. && $$ DMG
597 WWUS74 KMRX 230940 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 440 AM EST MON JAN 23 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND THEIR ADJACENT FOOTHILLS... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY THIS MORNING...WITH HIGH PRESSURE REMAINING ANCHORED OVER THE EASTERN CAROLINAS. THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THESE TWO SYSTEMS WILL LEAD TO WINDY CONDITIONS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND THEIR ADJACENT FOOTHILLS TODAY. TNZ018-041-043-045-047-072-074-087-231745- /O.CON.KMRX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120123T2100Z/ JOHNSON-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI- SOUTHEAST CARTER-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SOUTHEAST MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...COSBY...CEDAR CREEK... ERWIN...ROAN MOUNTAIN...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG...COKER CREEK 440 AM EST MON JAN 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * EVENT: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH AT TIMES...ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND THEIR ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. * IMPACTS: DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY WHERE ROADS CROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. IN ADDITION...A FEW TREES OR POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED. 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. && $$
624 WWUS74 KMRX 231617 AAA NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1117 AM EST MON JAN 23 2012 TNZ018-041-043-045-047-072-074-087-231730- /O.CAN.KMRX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120123T2100Z/ JOHNSON-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI- SOUTHEAST CARTER-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SOUTHEAST MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...COSBY...CEDAR CREEK... ERWIN...ROAN MOUNTAIN...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG...COKER CREEK 1117 AM EST MON JAN 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. BREEZY WEST TO SOUTHWEST SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER THESE EXPECTED WINDS ARE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
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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.