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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Morristown, TN

July 27, 20146 counties in Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2014, 10:06 PM EDT for 6 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 2014, 10:06 PM EDT (02:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2014, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Anderson County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Union County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 27, 1:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC11 hr
Jul 27, 8:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 256 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2014-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3837 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2014-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3837 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1139 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
10.2

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 27, 8:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 8:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
845 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

.DISCUSSION...SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER EASTERN
KENTUCKY AND MOVED INTO SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN TENNESSEE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH LARGE HAIL AND ROTATING
STORMS. MORE ACTIVITY IS DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN KY AT THIS HOUR
AND MOVING BACK INTO NORTHERN TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.
MORE SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE NEXT FEW HOURS SO UPDATED FOR NEW
WATCH. CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY SHOULD DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT.

&&

.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...NONE.
TN...NONE.
VA...NONE.
&&

TD
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 5:00 AM EDT, 17 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
500 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005-
006-008-281000-
CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS-SULLIVAN-
JOHNSON-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE
SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE-SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-
UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER-SOUTHEAST CARTER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON-
NW BLOUNT-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-SOUTHEAST
MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK-EAST POLK-LEE-WISE-SCOTT-
RUSSELL-WASHINGTON-
500 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

A STRONG COLD FRONT...ALONG WITH ITS ASSOCIATED STRONG WIND FIELD...
WILL APPROACH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION TODAY...TRIGGERING
NUMEROUS STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD DAMAGING
WINDS...VERY LARGE HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE...AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL. IN ADDITION...AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

DMG

In the hours before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 8:11 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXBlount, Knox, Sevier64 min
Jul 27, 8:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBlount, Cocke, Jefferson, Knox, Sevier3 hr
Jul 27, 8:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson, Blount, Knox, Sevier52 min
Jul 27, 9:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBlount, Cocke, Sevier38 min
Jul 27, 10:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson, Campbell, Scott43 min
Jul 27, 10:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXCampbell, Claiborne, Hancock, Hawkins, Morgan, Scott and 1 more3 hr
Jul 27, 10:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCampbell, Claiborne, Grainger, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins and 1 more50 min
Jul 27, 10:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCarter, Greene, Hawkins, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington46 min
Jul 27, 11:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson, Campbell, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Morgan and 3 more47 min
Jul 27, 11:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins, Jefferson and 2 more61 min
Jul 27, 11:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCarter, Greene, Unicoi, Washington33 min
Jul 27, 11:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXAnderson, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Morgan and 2 more3 hr
Jul 27, 11:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBledsoe, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Rhea, Roane47 min
Jul 27, 11:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBlount, Cocke, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon and 1 more46 min
Jul 28, 12:02 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBlount, Jefferson, Knox, Sevier3 hr
Jul 28, 12:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXBlount, Sevier61 min
Jul 28, 12:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXBradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Polk and 1 more57 min
Jul 28, 1:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXBradley, Hamilton, Marion, Polk, Sequatchie87 min
Jul 28, 1:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXPolk39 min
Jul 27, 10:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXWashington49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2014Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

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.