Alert archive / Tennessee / High Wind Warnings in 2016
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this high wind warning at Feb 15, 2016, 12:15 PM EST for 8 counties in Tennessee; Russell County, Washington County, City of Bristol, Virginia. It was in force for 16 hr. 1 report 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
- Feb 15, 2016, 12:15 PM EST (17:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2016, 4:00 AM EST
- In force
- 16 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, City of Bristol, VA, Russell County, VA, Washington County, VA
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 12:55 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.06 | 2 Nnw Alcoa, TN | MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT ASOS |
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 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 257 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
- 568 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 493 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 668 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
182 WWUS74 KMRX 151715 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1215 PM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND FOOTHILLS... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE EXITING TO THE NORTHEAST LATE TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS OF THE EAST TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. TNZ018-041-043-045-047-072-074-087-160100- /O.UPG.KMRX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160216T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KMRX.HW.W.0002.160215T1715Z-160216T0900Z/ JOHNSON-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI- SOUTHEAST CARTER-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SOUTHEAST MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...COSBY...CEDAR CREEK... ERWIN...ROAN MOUNTAIN...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG...COKER CREEK 1215 PM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST TUESDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...TODAY UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT IN CROSS WINDS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LARGE BRANCHES AND SOME WEAKER TREES MAY BE DOWNED. 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. && $$ TD
1 follow-up statement
017 WWUS74 KMRX 152047 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 347 PM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS... .A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA THIS EVENING BEFORE EXITING TO THE NORTHEAST LATE TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS OF THE EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. TNZ046-VAZ006-008-160900- /O.EXA.KMRX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160216T0900Z/ NORTHWEST CARTER-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELIZABETHTON...LEBANON...ABINGDON 347 PM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST TUESDAY. * EVENT...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT IN CROSS WINDS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LARGE BRANCHES AND SOME WEAKER TREES MAY BE DOWNED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ TNZ018-041-043-045-047-072-074-087-160900- /O.CON.KMRX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160216T0900Z/ JOHNSON-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI- SOUTHEAST CARTER-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SOUTHEAST MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...COSBY...CEDAR CREEK... ERWIN...ROAN MOUNTAIN...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG...COKER CREEK 347 PM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST TUESDAY... * EVENT...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...TODAY UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT IN CROSS WINDS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LARGE BRANCHES AND SOME WEAKER TREES MAY BE DOWNED. 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. && $$ TD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 3:50 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Blount, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Johnson, Monroe and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 15, 11:03 AM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie | 52 hr |
| Feb 15, 11:30 AM EST | Flood Watch | MRX | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter and 27 more | 16 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:03 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Bledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, Marion, Meigs, Rhea and 1 more | 117 min |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Tennessee, 2016High Wind Warnings in Virginia, 2016Every high wind warning in 2016
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.