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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2014, 12:11 AM EDT for Blount County, Loudon County, Monroe County, Tennessee. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 2014, 12:11 AM EDT (04:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2014, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Blount County, TN, Loudon County, TN, Monroe County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 12:15 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Madisonville, TN | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 6:37 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 1019 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 789 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 335 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 375 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.7
- Supercell composite
- 15.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS54 KMRX 290411
TORMRX
TNC009-105-123-290445-
/O.NEW.KMRX.TO.W.0009.140429T0411Z-140429T0445Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1211 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LOUDON COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE...
CENTRAL BLOUNT COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE...
CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT
* AT 1210 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR MADISONVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
IN ADDITION...GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARYVILLE...ALCOA...MADISONVILLE...LOUISVILLE...EAGLETON VILLAGE...
VONORE...GREENBACK...FRIENDSVILLE...TELLICO PLAINS...TARIFFVILLE...
HAPPY VALLEY...CITICO BEACH...CLOVER HILL...MCGEE CARSON
PENINSULA...TALASSEE...CADES COVE AND FORT LOUDON S.P..
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3536 8431 3551 8443 3583 8399 3556 8377
TIME...MOT...LOC 0410Z 238DEG 37KT 3548 8428
$$
DGS3 follow-up statements
331
WWUS54 KMRX 290422
SVSMRX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1222 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2014
TNC009-105-123-290445-
/O.CON.KMRX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140429T0445Z/
LOUDON TN-BLOUNT TN-MONROE TN-
1222 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LOUDON...WESTERN BLOUNT AND NORTH CENTRAL MONROE
COUNTIES...
AT 1222 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 10
MILES NORTHEAST OF MADISONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
IN ADDITION...THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE
HAIL.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARYVILLE...ALCOA...LOUISVILLE...EAGLETON VILLAGE...VONORE...
GREENBACK...FRIENDSVILLE...HAPPY VALLEY...CITICO BEACH...CLOVER
HILL...MCGEE CARSON PENINSULA...FORT LOUDON S.P. AND TALASSEE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3549 8423 3557 8435 3583 8399 3563 8383
TIME...MOT...LOC 0422Z 230DEG 37KT 3558 8418
$$
DGS158
WWUS54 KMRX 290433
SVSMRX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1233 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2014
TNC123-290443-
/O.CAN.KMRX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140429T0445Z/
MONROE TN-
1233 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3558 8411 3558 8413 3559 8417 3562 8420
3562 8425 3564 8426 3583 8399 3563 8383
3554 8409
TIME...MOT...LOC 0433Z 235DEG 35KT 3564 8409
$$
TNC009-105-290445-
/O.CON.KMRX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140429T0445Z/
LOUDON TN-BLOUNT TN-
1233 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LOUDON AND WESTERN BLOUNT COUNTIES...
AT 1233 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARYVILLE...ALCOA...LOUISVILLE...EAGLETON VILLAGE...VONORE...
GREENBACK...FRIENDSVILLE...HAPPY VALLEY AND CLOVER HILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3558 8411 3558 8413 3559 8417 3562 8420
3562 8425 3564 8426 3583 8399 3563 8383
3554 8409
TIME...MOT...LOC 0433Z 235DEG 35KT 3564 8409
$$
DGS473
WWUS54 KMRX 290440
SVSMRX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1240 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2014
TNC009-105-290450-
/O.EXP.KMRX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140429T0445Z/
LOUDON TN-BLOUNT TN-
1240 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LOUDON AND WESTERN BLOUNT
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1245 AM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS TO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3558 8411 3558 8413 3559 8417 3562 8420
3562 8425 3564 8426 3583 8399 3563 8383
3554 8409
TIME...MOT...LOC 0436Z 238DEG 37KT 3564 8409
$$
DGSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 9:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 9:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, Marion | 50 min |
| Apr 28, 9:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Rhea | 53 min |
| Apr 28, 10:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe and 2 more | 56 min |
| Apr 28, 10:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Rhea | 24 min |
| Apr 28, 10:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell, Morgan, Scott | 56 min |
| Apr 28, 11:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Monroe | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 11:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 11:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | McMinn, Monroe | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 11:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | McMinn, Monroe | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 11:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox, Loudon, Sevier | 54 min |
| Apr 29, 1:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox, Loudon | 46 min |
| Apr 29, 1:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Loudon, Monroe | 35 min |
| Apr 29, 1:40 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 1:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hancock, Hawkins | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 4:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Bradley, McMinn, Polk | 51 min |
| Apr 29, 10:47 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | MRX | Cocke, Jefferson | 62 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Carter, Johnson, Sullivan | 38 min |
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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.