Tornado Warning 3, NWS Morristown, TN

Issued

Jul 14, 2015, 3:15 PM EDT (19:15 UTC)

Expired

Jul 14, 2015, 3:30 PM EDT

In force

15 min

Issued by

NWS Morristown, TN

Area

Storm-based polygon

Tornado

Radar indicated

Hail

1.0 in

County Morgan County, TN

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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091 
WFUS54 KMRX 141915
TORMRX
TNC129-141945-
/O.NEW.KMRX.TO.W.0003.150714T1915Z-150714T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
315 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT
    
* AT 315 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 20 MILES WEST OF HELENWOOD...OR 21 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF WARTBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  DEERLODGE...SUNBRIGHT AND HIGH POINT.

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 YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3624 8489 3624 8488 3628 8488 3629 8487
      3629 8484 3630 8482 3630 8480 3632 8479
      3633 8478 3622 8458 3605 8478 3622 8490
TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 313DEG 32KT 3630 8488 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

DGS

998 
WWUS54 KMRX 141930
SVSMRX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
330 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

TNC129-141940-
/O.CAN.KMRX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150714T1945Z/
MORGAN TN-
330 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
EASTERN TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3624 8489 3624 8488 3628 8488 3629 8487
      3629 8484 3630 8482 3630 8480 3632 8479
      3633 8478 3622 8458 3605 8478 3622 8490
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 313DEG 32KT 3620 8475 

$$

DGS

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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.