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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Morristown, TN

July 14, 2015Cherokee County, North Carolina; McMinn County, Monroe County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 2015, 4:58 PM EDT for Cherokee County, North Carolina; McMinn County, Monroe County, Tennessee. It was in force for 47 min. 3 reports 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: Jul 14, 2015, 4:58 PM EDT (20:58 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2015, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Cherokee County, NC, McMinn County, TN, Monroe County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 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
Jul 14, 5:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Madisonville, TN	TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
Jul 14, 5:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Madisonville, TN	TREE BLOWN OFF OF HOME ON SOUTHGATE ROAD.
Jul 14, 5:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Englewood, TN	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.

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
Jul 14, 2:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 213 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1704 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 988 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -1.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

766 
WFUS54 KMRX 142058
TORMRX
NCC039-TNC107-123-142145-
/O.NEW.KMRX.TO.W.0004.150714T2058Z-150714T2145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  EAST CENTRAL MCMINN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT
    
* AT 458 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MADISONVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 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 CHEROKEE...EAST CENTRAL MCMINN AND SOUTHERN MONROE
  COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOUNT VERNON...
  CITICO...HIAWASSE DAM...TELLICO PLAINS...COKER CREEK...UNAKA...
  ENGLEWOOD AND VIOLET.

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 3518 8430 3521 8429 3522 8433 3543 8450
      3555 8433 3535 8404 3531 8404 3530 8402
      3527 8401 3523 8400 3522 8396 3524 8390
      3523 8389 3507 8421
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 321DEG 34KT 3547 8439 

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

$$

SR

2 follow-up statements

465 
WWUS54 KMRX 142115
SVSMRX

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

TNC107-142124-
/O.CAN.KMRX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150714T2145Z/
MCMINN TN-
515 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MCMINN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT 
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3518 8430 3521 8429 3522 8433 3533 8442
      3533 8440 3535 8441 3540 8430 3535 8404
      3531 8404 3530 8402 3527 8401 3523 8400
      3522 8397 3524 8390 3523 8389 3507 8421
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 321DEG 34KT 3535 8427 

$$

NCC039-TNC123-142145-
/O.CON.KMRX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150714T2145Z/
CHEROKEE NC-MONROE TN-
515 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE AND SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTIES...
    
AT 514 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MADISONVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
40 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TELLICO PLAINS...COKER CREEK...UNAKA...HIAWASSE DAM AND VIOLET. 

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 3518 8430 3521 8429 3522 8433 3533 8442
      3533 8440 3535 8441 3540 8430 3535 8404
      3531 8404 3530 8402 3527 8401 3523 8400
      3522 8397 3524 8390 3523 8389 3507 8421
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 321DEG 34KT 3535 8427 

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

$$

SR

063 
WWUS54 KMRX 142128
SVSMRX

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

NCC039-TNC123-142145-
/O.CON.KMRX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150714T2145Z/
CHEROKEE NC-MONROE TN-
528 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE AND SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTIES...
    
AT 527 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF MURPHY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40
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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COKER CREEK...UNAKA...HIAWASSE DAM AND VIOLET. 

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 3518 8430 3521 8429 3522 8430 3525 8432
      3530 8421 3532 8412 3531 8404 3530 8402
      3527 8401 3523 8400 3522 8397 3524 8390
      3523 8389 3507 8421
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 321DEG 34KT 3525 8417 

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

$$

SR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 14, 11:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Cherokee	27 min
Jul 14, 11:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cherokee, Clay	49 min
Jul 14, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cherokee	67 min
Jul 14, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cherokee, Clay	46 min
Jul 14, 5:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Cherokee, Clay	3 hr
Jul 14, 6:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cherokee, Clay	30 min
Jul 14, 6:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cherokee	37 min
Jul 14, 5:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Hancock	44 min
Jul 14, 5:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Claiborne, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins and 1 more	46 min
Jul 14, 6:28 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Carter, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington	3 hr
Jul 14, 6:32 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock and 2 more	3 hr
Jul 14, 6:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Cocke, Greene, Jefferson	46 min
Jul 14, 7:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Claiborne, Grainger, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins	44 min
Jul 14, 7:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Anderson, Campbell, Grainger, Jefferson, Knox, Scott and 1 more	42 min
Jul 14, 8:08 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Scott, Union	112 min
Jul 14, 8:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Anderson, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins and 6 more	47 min
Jul 14, 8:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Campbell, Morgan, Scott	48 min
Jul 14, 8:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Blount, Sevier	50 min
Jul 14, 9:02 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Anderson, Blount, Knox, Sevier	118 min
Jul 14, 9:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Anderson, Jefferson, Knox, Morgan, Roane, Union	45 min
Jul 14, 9:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Blount	38 min
Jul 14, 10:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Blount, Sevier	20 min
Jul 14, 10:02 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Blount, Knox, Sevier	118 min
Jul 14, 10:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Morgan, Roane	43 min
Jul 14, 10:23 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Blount, Loudon, Monroe, Roane	112 min
Jul 14, 10:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Loudon, McMinn, Monroe, Roane	48 min
Jul 14, 11:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Hancock	26 min
Jul 14, 11:50 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Hancock	115 min
Jul 14, 11:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Hancock	46 min
Jul 14, 12:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Scott	55 min
Jul 14, 12:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Polk	44 min
Jul 14, 12:34 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Claiborne, Greene, Hancock, Hawkins	4 hr
Jul 14, 12:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Hancock, Hawkins	57 min
Jul 14, 1:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Campbell	43 min
Jul 14, 1:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Hawkins	35 min
Jul 14, 1:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Greene, Hawkins	46 min
Jul 14, 1:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Campbell, Union	53 min
Jul 14, 1:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Scott	47 min
Jul 14, 2:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Greene, Unicoi, Washington	22 min
Jul 14, 2:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Grainger, Jefferson	36 min
Jul 14, 2:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Anderson, Campbell, Grainger, Knox, Morgan, Scott and 1 more	3 hr
Jul 14, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Morgan	31 min
Jul 14, 3:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Anderson, Campbell, Knox, Union	55 min
Jul 14, 3:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cocke, Jefferson	67 min
Jul 14, 3:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Morgan, Roane	48 min
Jul 14, 3:15 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	MRX	Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke and 18 more	13 hr
Jul 14, 3:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Morgan	15 min
Jul 14, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Morgan	40 min
Jul 14, 3:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Knox, Loudon, Meigs, Morgan, Rhea, Roane	3 hr
Jul 14, 3:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Loudon, Morgan, Roane	66 min
Jul 14, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, McMinn, Meigs, Rhea	61 min
Jul 14, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Blount, Loudon, McMinn, Monroe	56 min
Jul 14, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Blount, Loudon, Sevier	54 min
Jul 14, 5:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Bledsoe, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Rhea	3 hr
Jul 14, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, Marion, Meigs, Rhea and 1 more	63 min
Jul 14, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley, Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie	48 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.