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Special Weather Statement, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this special weather statement at Jun 14, 2016, 6:55 PM EDT for Claiborne County, Tennessee. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2016, 6:55 PM EDT (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2016, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
County Claiborne County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 246 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
- 961 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1077 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 14, 2:55 PM EDT, 4 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 2:55 PM EDT, 4 hours before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Morristown TN 255 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2016 .SHORT TERM (Tonight and Wednesday)...Ongoing afternoon convection will continue through the evening...generally staying south of Morristown. Convection should decrease in coverage and intensity after sunset...but should continue to see scattered showers and even a few thunderstorms into the overnight hours. The lingering showers and few storm may slowly lift northward...eventually reaching into the TRI area. Another round of thunderstorms is expected to develop on Wednesday. With greater instability...expect more widespread coverage with the possibility of a few storms becoming strong to marginally severe. .LONG TERM (Wednesday Night Through Tuesday)...A shortwave trough will move through the area around Wednesday afternoon/night...ahead of a deeper closed low slated to enter the Ohio Valley during Thursday evening. The initial shortwave will bring scattered showers and thunderstorms to the area for wed afternoon and evening. The deeper closed low will approach the Mid Atlantic states late week...with convection chances in through Friday. However, the Mid Atlantic coastal low pressure area will usher in cooler and drier conditions in time for the weekend. Seasonably summer temperatures will return during the new work week as high pressure builds in from the west. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Chattanooga Airport, TN 72 90 73 95 / 40 50 40 20 Knoxville McGhee Tyson Airport, TN 70 88 71 92 / 30 50 50 20 Oak Ridge, TN 70 88 72 93 / 30 50 50 20 Tri Cities Airport, TN 68 86 68 89 / 30 50 60 30 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...None. TN...None. VA...None. && MJB/GC
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 2:49 PM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 249 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2016 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-151000- 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- 249 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2016 /149 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TENNESSEE VALLEY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. NO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO TRACK FROM KENTUCKY INTO EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE THAT A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG OR POSSIBLY APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS. A BETTER CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS MAY COME ON THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE NORTH. THERE WILL BE A POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL FROM THESE STORMS ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON THURSDAY.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 14, 6:07 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
607 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0545 PM HAIL 4 SW SEYMOUR 35.83N 83.82W
06/14/2016 E1.00 INCH BLOUNT TN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
ANDERSONLocal storm report, Jun 14, 6:14 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
614 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0510 PM TSTM WND DMG LOUDON 35.74N 84.36W
06/14/2016 LOUDON TN BROADCAST MEDIA
MULTIPLE TREES REPORTED DOWN IN THE CITY OF LOUDON
&&
ANDERSONLocal storm report, Jun 14, 6:33 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 8:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Hamilton | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Monroe | 48 min |
| Jun 14, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Loudon | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Sevier | 47 min |
| Jun 14, 5:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Polk | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Jefferson, Knox, Sevier | 38 min |
| Jun 14, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Grainger | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Hamblen, Jefferson | 26 min |
| Jun 14, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Cocke | 40 min |
| Jun 14, 7:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Cocke, Sevier | 3 hr |
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Special Weather Statements in Tennessee, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016
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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.