Alert archive / Tennessee / High Wind Warnings in 2013
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this high wind warning at Feb 10, 2013, 3:19 AM EST for 9 counties in Tennessee; Russell County, Washington County, City of Bristol, Virginia. It took effect at Feb 10, 2013, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 15 hr. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 10, 2013, 3:19 AM EST (08:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 10, 2013, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2013, 3:27 AM EST
- In force
- 15 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, Washington County, TN, City of Bristol, VA, Russell County, VA, Washington County, VA
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 7:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 8 Sw Townsend, TN | SEVERAL TREES REPORTED DOWN ALONG FORGE CREEK ROAD IN CADES COVE. |
| Feb 10, 8:00 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 85 | Camp Creek, TN | WIND GUST OF 85 MPH WAS MEASURED BY THE NOAA WIND TOWER AT THE CAMP CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. |
| Feb 10, 8:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 85 | Camp Creek, TN | WIND GUST OF 85 MPH WAS MEASURED BY THE NOAA WIND TOWER AT THE CAMP CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. |
| Feb 10, 9:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 85 | 2 W Gatlinburg, TN | WIND GUST OF 85 MPH MEASURED AT COVE MOUNTAIN IN THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK. |
| Feb 10, 9:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 5 E Townsend, TN | A COUPLE OF TREES DOWN ALONG LAUREL CREEK ROAD IN THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK. |
| Feb 10, 9:25 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Townsend, TN | A COUPLE OF TREES DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 255 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
- 3189 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
048 WWUS74 KMRX 100819 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 319 AM EST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND FOOTHILLS... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHEAST OUT OF THE PLAINS INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS TONIGHT. SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...AND MOUNTAIN WAVE WINDS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR ACROSS SOME OF THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. TNZ018-040>047-071>074-086-087-VAZ006-008-101630- /O.UPG.KMRX.HW.A.0002.130210T2000Z-130211T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KMRX.HW.W.0002.130210T1700Z-130211T0900Z/ 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-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...MADISONVILLE...COKER CREEK...LEBANON...ABINGDON 319 AM EST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 AM EST MONDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES ACROSS SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...AND THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE. * IMPACTS...TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED...AND DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT IN CROSS WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
4 follow-up statements
427 WWUS74 KMRX 101543 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1043 AM EST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND FOOTHILLS... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHEAST OUT OF THE PLAINS INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS TONIGHT. SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...AND MOUNTAIN WAVE WINDS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR ACROSS SOME OF THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. TNZ018-040>047-071>074-086-087-VAZ006-008-102345- /O.CON.KMRX.HW.W.0002.130210T1700Z-130211T0900Z/ 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-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...MADISONVILLE...COKER CREEK...LEBANON...ABINGDON 1043 AM EST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST MONDAY... * EVENT...SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES ACROSS SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...AND THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE. * IMPACTS...TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED...AND DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT IN CROSS WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
813 WWUS74 KMRX 101945 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 245 PM EST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT ACROSS SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND FOOTHILLS... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK OUT OF THE PLAINS AND INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION GREAT LAKES REGION TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS TONIGHT. SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...AND MOUNTAIN WAVE WINDS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR ACROSS SOME OF THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. TNZ018-040>047-071>074-086-087-VAZ006-008-110400- /O.CON.KMRX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T0900Z/ 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-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...MADISONVILLE...COKER CREEK...LEBANON...ABINGDON 245 PM EST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST MONDAY... * EVENT...SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES ACROSS SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE. * IMPACTS...TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED...AND DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT IN CROSS WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
718 WWUS74 KMRX 110146 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 846 PM EST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT AROUND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND THEIR ADJACENT FOOTHILLS... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EASTWARD TOWARDS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION TONIGHT...WITH A STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW AHEAD OF IT PRODUCING MOUNTAIN WAVE WINDS ALONG THE FOOTHILLS. TNZ018-040>047-071>074-086-087-VAZ006-008-110900- /O.CON.KMRX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T0900Z/ JOHNSON-NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE- SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER- SOUTHEAST CARTER-NW BLOUNT-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER- SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST MONROE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-RUSSELL- WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...NEWPORT...COSBY... GREENEVILLE...CEDAR CREEK...JOHNSON CITY...ERWIN...ELIZABETHTON... ROAN MOUNTAIN...MARYVILLE...CADES COVE...SEVIERVILLE... GATLINBURG...MADISONVILLE...COKER CREEK...LEBANON...ABINGDON 846 PM EST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM MONDAY... * EVENT...SOUTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...WILL CONTINUE AROUND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND THEIR ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...MOST OF TONIGHT...BUT DIMINISHING TOWARDS SUNRISE. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES. && $$ DMG
452 WWUS74 KMRX 110827 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 327 AM EST MON FEB 11 2013 ...STRONG DOWNSLOPING WINDS DIMINISHING THIS MORNING... .LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST THIS MORNING. SOME GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE RIDGE TOPS. TNZ018-040>047-071>074-086-087-VAZ006-008-110930- /O.CAN.KMRX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T0900Z/ 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-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...MADISONVILLE...COKER CREEK...LEBANON...ABINGDON 327 AM EST MON FEB 11 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW WARNING CRITERIA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 3:13 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, Marion, Polk, Sequatchie | 17 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Tennessee, 2013High Wind Warnings in Virginia, 2013Every high wind warning in 2013
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.