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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2015, 6:28 PM CDT for 7 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 62 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
- Jun 8, 2015, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2015, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bledsoe County, TN, Bradley County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1445 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jun 8, 5:30 PM CDT, 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 5:30 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 358 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-092000- 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- 358 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. SEVERE STORMS WILL MAINLY BE ISOLATED THIS AFTERNOON...BUT BETTER CHANCES OF SEVERE STORMS EXIST THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND COLD FRONT APPROACH THE REGION. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...WITH LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE FROM SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. ISOLATED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS...BUT STORMS WILL BE MOVING QUICKLY...THEREBY REDUCING THE CHANCES OF FLOODING. ALTHOUGH THE CHANCES OF TORNADOES IS VERY LOW FOR THIS EVENT...LOCALIZED CONDITIONS COULD PRODUCE A BRIEF TORNADO. IN GENERAL...CONDITIONS FOR STRONGER STORMS ARE MORE FAVORABLE IN THE WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN AREAS...ON THE PLATEAU...WITH AREAS IN THE EASTERN COUNTIES...ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE LINE...NOT QUITE AS FAVORABLE...BUT THESE AREAS COULD STILL GET SEVERE STORMS. MOST OF THE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY ABOUT 2AM TUESDAY MORNING...WITH ONLY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THEREAFTER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 8, 5:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jun 8, 5:50 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
650 PM EDT MON JUN 08 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0620 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 ESE BLOUNTVILLE 36.51N 82.26W
06/08/2015 SULLIVAN TN AMATEUR RADIO
COUPLE TREES AND A FEW LIMBS DOWN NEAR VOLUNTEER PARKWAY
A MILE SOUTH OF THE BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY.
&&Local storm report, Jun 8, 6:04 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
704 PM EDT MON JUN 08 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0555 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 W RICHLANDS 37.10N 81.89W
06/08/2015 RUSSELL VA 911 CALL CENTER
SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE NORTHERN END OF THE COUNTY AND
A TREE DOWN ON HOUSE ON FRANKS HOLLOW ROAD IN THE SWORDS
CREEK AREA.
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 12:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | McMinn | 52 min |
| Jun 8, 12:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Polk | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 12:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Sullivan | 55 min |
| Jun 8, 2:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Scott | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Anderson | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 2:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Marion, Sequatchie | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 2:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Anderson, Roane | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 2:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Morgan | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 2:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Rhea | 38 min |
| Jun 8, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell, Claiborne, Scott, Union | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 3:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Roane | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 3:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Sequatchie | 52 min |
| Jun 8, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Rhea, Roane | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Knox, Union | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Bradley, McMinn | 52 min |
| Jun 8, 3:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Grainger, Knox, Union | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, Meigs | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox, Loudon, Roane, Union | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox, Loudon, Sevier | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Loudon, McMinn, Monroe | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 4:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Greene, Hawkins | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Union | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Blount, Loudon | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Hamblen, Jefferson | 58 min |
| Jun 8, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Cocke, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Sevier | 56 min |
| Jun 8, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Johnson, Sullivan | 58 min |
| Jun 8, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 5:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Blount, Jefferson, Knox | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Johnson | 31 min |
| Jun 8, 5:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Campbell, Morgan, Scott | 58 min |
| Jun 8, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Monroe, Polk | 65 min |
| Jun 8, 6:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Grainger, Knox, Roane, Union | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Monroe, Polk | 62 min |
| Jun 8, 12:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Washington | 67 min |
| Jun 8, 3:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Lee, Wise, City of Norton | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 4:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Russell, Scott, Wise, City of Norton | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 60 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.