Alert archive / Tennessee / High Wind Warnings in 2015
High Wind Warning 4, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this high wind warning at Dec 14, 2015, 12:32 AM EST for 9 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 15 hr. 4 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
- Dec 14, 2015, 12:32 AM EST (05:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2015, 3:48 PM 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
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 2:00 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 53 | 2 Nnw Happy Valley, TN | WIND GUST TO 53 MPH AT LOOK ROCK TOWER. |
| Dec 14, 3:00 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | 2 W Gatlinburg, TN | WIND GUST OF 65 MPH AT COVE MOUNTAIN TOWER. |
| Dec 14, 9:30 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Kodak, TN | MANY LARGE 2 TO 5 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN |
| Dec 14, 2:30 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 78 | 2 W Gatlinburg, TN | WIND GUST TO 78 MPH AT COVE MOUNTAIN TOWER. |
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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 275 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
- 1110 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
560 WWUS74 KMRX 140532 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1232 AM EST MON DEC 14 2015 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL START JUST AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING FRONT. THE STRONGEST OF THE WINDS WILL START TO DIMINISH MONDAY EVENING. TNZ018-040>047-071>074-086-087-141715- /O.UPG.KMRX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-151215T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMRX.HW.W.0004.151214T0532Z-151215T0000Z/ 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- 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 1232 AM EST MON DEC 14 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH EXPECTED...MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH POSSIBLE. * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS MAY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREA HIKERS AND OUTDOORSMEN SHOULD BE ADVISED OF THE POTENTIAL FOR TREES COMING DOWN DURING THE HIGHER GUSTS. 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. && $$ NCZ060-061-TNZ012>017-035>039-067>070-081>085-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-141715- /O.CON.KMRX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-151215T0000Z/ CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS- SULLIVAN-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX- JEFFERSON-SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-MARION-HAMILTON- BRADLEY-WEST POLK-EAST POLK-LEE-WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...ONEIDA... LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL...SNEEDVILLE...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT... BRISTOL...WARTBURG...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...MAYNARDVILLE... RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN...KINGSTON...LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE... DANDRIDGE...DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS... JASPER...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON...DUCKTOWN... JONESVILLE...WISE...NORTON...GATE CITY...LEBANON...ABINGDON 1232 AM EST MON DEC 14 2015 /1132 PM CST SUN DEC 13 2015/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... * EVENT...SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH EXPECTED...MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH POSSIBLE. * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS MAY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREA HIKERS AND OUTDOORSMEN SHOULD BE ADVISED OF THE POTENTIAL FOR TREES COMING DOWN DURING THE HIGHER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. && $$
2 follow-up statements
325 WWUS74 KMRX 141752 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1252 PM EST MON DEC 14 2015 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION TODAY. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE BEHIND THE FRONT. THE STRONGEST OF THE WINDS WILL START TO DIMINISH LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. TNZ018-040>047-071>074-086-087-150000- /O.CON.KMRX.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151215T0000Z/ 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- 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 1252 PM EST MON DEC 14 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * EVENT...SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS MAY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREA HIKERS AND OUTDOORSMEN SHOULD BE ADVISED OF THE POTENTIAL FOR TREES COMING DOWN DURING THE HIGHER GUSTS. 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. && $$ NCZ060-061-TNZ012>017-035>039-067>070-081>085-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-150000- /O.CON.KMRX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-151215T0000Z/ CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS- SULLIVAN-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX- JEFFERSON-SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-MARION-HAMILTON- BRADLEY-WEST POLK-EAST POLK-LEE-WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...ONEIDA... LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL...SNEEDVILLE...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT... BRISTOL...WARTBURG...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...MAYNARDVILLE... RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN...KINGSTON...LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE... DANDRIDGE...DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS... JASPER...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON...DUCKTOWN... JONESVILLE...WISE...NORTON...GATE CITY...LEBANON...ABINGDON 1252 PM EST MON DEC 14 2015 /1152 AM CST MON DEC 14 2015/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... * EVENT...SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS MAY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREA HIKERS AND OUTDOORSMEN SHOULD BE ADVISED OF THE POTENTIAL FOR TREES COMING DOWN DURING THE HIGHER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. && $$
015 WWUS74 KMRX 142048 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 348 PM EST MON DEC 14 2015 ...STRONG WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED... STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE HAVE DIMINISHED BEHIND THE FRONT. MOST AREAS WILL STILL SEE BREEZY CONDITIONS THROUGH EVENING BUT BELOW ADVISORY AND WARNING CRITERIA. TNZ018-040>047-071>074-086-087-142200- /O.CAN.KMRX.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151215T0000Z/ 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- 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 348 PM EST MON DEC 14 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS HAVE COME DOWN FROM WARNING CRITERIA BEHIND THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. BREEZY WINDS AND SOME HIGHER GUSTS COULD CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING BUT BELOW WARNING CRITERIA. $$ NCZ060-061-TNZ012>017-035>039-067>070-081>085-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-142200- /O.CAN.KMRX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-151215T0000Z/ CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS- SULLIVAN-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX- JEFFERSON-SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-MARION-HAMILTON- BRADLEY-WEST POLK-EAST POLK-LEE-WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...ONEIDA... LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL...SNEEDVILLE...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT... BRISTOL...WARTBURG...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...MAYNARDVILLE... RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN...KINGSTON...LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE... DANDRIDGE...DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS... JASPER...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON...DUCKTOWN... JONESVILLE...WISE...NORTON...GATE CITY...LEBANON...ABINGDON 348 PM EST MON DEC 14 2015 /248 PM CST MON DEC 14 2015/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE COME DOWN FROM ADVISORY CRITERIA BEHIND THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. BREEZY WINDS AND SOME HIGHER GUSTS COULD CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING BUT BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
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.