Alert archive / Tennessee / High Wind Warnings in 2014
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this high wind warning at Feb 4, 2014, 3:26 AM EST for 9 counties in Tennessee; Russell County, Washington County, City of Bristol, Virginia. It took effect at Feb 4, 2014, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 15 hr. 16 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 4, 2014, 3:26 AM EST (08:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 4, 2014, 4:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2014, 6:55 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 08:23 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 4, 4:59 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 4 Se Cedar Creek, TN | MESONET STATION NOLICHUCKY RAWS /PGVT1/ TIME OF WIND GUST APPROXIMATE. |
| Feb 4, 8:45 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | Camp Creek, TN | 65 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED AT THE NOAA WIND TOWER AT CAMP CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. |
| Feb 4, 8:45 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | Camp Creek, TN | 65 MPH WIND GUST RECORDED AT THE NOAA WIND TOWER AT CAMP CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. |
| Feb 4, 11:30 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 74 | 2 W Gatlinburg, TN | 74 MPH WIND GUST RECORDED AT THE COVE MOUNTAIN WIND TOWER. |
| Feb 5, 12:00 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Roan Mountain, TN | THREE TREES DOWN ALONG ROADS OFF OF HWY 19E BETWEEN THE TOWN OF ROAN MOUNTAIN TN AND THE NC STATE LINE. TIME OF OCCURRENCE APPROXIMATE. |
| Feb 5, 12:00 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Roan Mountain, TN | THREE TREES DOWN ALONG ROADS OFF OF HWY 19E BETWEEN THE TOWN OF ROAN MOUNTAIN TN AND THE NC STATE LINE. TIME OF OCCURRENCE APPROXIMATE. |
| Feb 5, 12:30 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 90 | 2 W Gatlinburg, TN | 90 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED AT THE COVE MOUNTAIN WIND TOWER. |
| Feb 5, 1:00 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nne Happy Valley, TN | SEVERAL TREES DOWN ALONG THE WESTERN FOOTHILLS PARKWAY IN BLOUNT COUNTY. TIME AND LOCATION APPROXIMATE. |
| Feb 5, 1:00 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Gatlinburg, TN | SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON THE BYPASS ROAD AND LITTLE RIVER ROAD IN THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK. |
| Feb 5, 1:00 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Gatlinburg, TN | SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON THE BYPASS ROAD AND LITTLE RIVER ROAD IN THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK. |
| Feb 5, 1:00 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sse Townsend, TN | A FEW TREES DOWN ALONG LAUREL CREEK ROAD BETWEEN TOWNSEND AND CADES COVE. TIME AND LOCATION APPROXIMATE. |
| Feb 5, 2:00 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wnw Tellico Plains, TN | TREE DOWN ALONG NEW PROVIDENCE ROAD. TIME APPROXIMATE. |
| Feb 5, 2:00 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wnw Tellico Plains, TN | TREE DOWN ALONG NEW PROVIDENCE ROAD. TIME APPROXIMATE. |
| Feb 5, 2:00 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nne Tellico Plains, TN | TREE DOWN ALONG DRUID HILL ROAD. TIME APPROXIMATE. |
| Feb 5, 2:00 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nne Tellico Plains, TN | TREE DOWN ALONG DRUID HILL ROAD. TIME APPROXIMATE. |
| Feb 5, 2:00 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Tariffville, TN | ONE TREE DOWN IN BALLPLAY COMMUNITY. TIME OF REPORT APPROXIMATE. |
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, 8.4 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
- 711 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
476 WWUS74 KMRX 040826 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 326 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT OVER THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS AND THEIR ADJACENT FOOTHILLS... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER THE MOUNTAIN RIDGES AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. CONDITIONS WILL BECOME CONDUCIVE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MOUNTAIN WAVES IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL LIKELY DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND THEIR ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. TNZ018-040>047-071>074-086-087-VAZ006-008-041700- /O.UPG.KMRX.HW.A.0002.140204T2100Z-140205T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMRX.HW.W.0002.140204T2100Z-140205T1200Z/ 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 326 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 7 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND ALONG THEIR ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * 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...WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES. && $$ DMG
4 follow-up statements
327 WWUS74 KMRX 041217 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 717 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT OVER THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS AND THEIR ADJACENT FOOTHILLS... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER THE MOUNTAIN RIDGES...AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. CONDITIONS WILL BECOME CONDUCIVE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MOUNTAIN WAVES IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL LIKELY DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND THEIR ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. TNZ018-040>047-071>074-086-087-VAZ006-008-042100- /O.CON.KMRX.HW.W.0002.140204T2100Z-140205T1200Z/ JOHNSON-NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE- SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER- SOUTHEAST CARTER-NW BLOUNT-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER- SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST MONROE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-RUSSELL- WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...NEWPORT...COSBY... GREENEVILLE...CEDAR CREEK...JOHNSON CITY...ERWIN...ELIZABETHTON... ROAN MOUNTAIN...MARYVILLE...CADES COVE...SEVIERVILLE... GATLINBURG...MADISONVILLE...COKER CREEK...LEBANON...ABINGDON 717 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING... * EVENT...VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND ALONG THEIR ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES. && $$ DMG
619 WWUS74 KMRX 042003 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 303 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT OVER THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS AND THEIR ADJACENT FOOTHILLS... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER THE MOUNTAIN RIDGES...AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. CONDITIONS WILL BECOME CONDUCIVE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MOUNTAIN WAVES IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL LIKELY DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND THEIR ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. TNZ018-040>047-071>074-086-087-VAZ006-008-050900- /O.CON.KMRX.HW.W.0002.140204T2100Z-140205T1200Z/ 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 303 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * EVENT...VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND ALONG THEIR ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE 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...WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES. && $$
451 WWUS74 KMRX 050819 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 319 AM EST WED FEB 5 2014 ...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING OVER THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS AND THEIR ADJACENT FOOTHILLS... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING OVER THE MOUNTAIN RIDGES...AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. CONDITIONS ARE CONDUCIVE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MOUNTAIN WAVES IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. TNZ018-040>047-071>074-086-087-VAZ006-008-051200- /O.CON.KMRX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140205T1200Z/ 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 WED FEB 5 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... * EVENT...VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT CAMP CREEK...TENNESSEE IN GREENE COUNTY AS WELL AS COVE MOUNTAIN. THE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DIMINISH BY AROUND SUNRISE...BECOMING WESTERLY BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE 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...WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES. && $$
097 WWUS74 KMRX 051155 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 655 AM EST WED FEB 5 2014 ...HIGH WINDS DIMINISHING ACROSS THE AREA... .THE STRONG STORM SYSTEM IS MOVING EAST OF THE AREA ALLOWING THE VERY STRONG WINDS TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. WINDS UP TO 90 MPH WERE REPORTED AT COVE MOUNTAIN OVERNIGHT. TNZ018-040>047-071>074-086-087-VAZ006-008-051300- /O.CAN.KMRX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140205T1200Z/ 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 655 AM EST WED FEB 5 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH AND BECOME WESTERLY AT 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY FOR TODAY. $$
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.