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Special Weather Statement, NWS Morristown, TN

July 8, 2016Cherokee County, North Carolina

NWS Morristown, TN issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2016, 10:07 PM EDT for Cherokee County, North Carolina. It was in force for 53 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: Jul 8, 2016, 10:07 PM EDT (02:07 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2016, 11:00 PM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN

County Cherokee County, NC

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 195 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: 1818 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1892 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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 Jul 8, 9:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 9:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Morristown TN
900 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

.Discussion...Evening convection slowly weakening and decreasing. We
will continue to see a few lingering showers and thunderstorms
throughout the night but do not anticipate any additional severe
storms. Overall...should see improving conditions through the rest
of the night.  Will...therefore...allow the remaining Severe
Thunderstorm Watch to expire.

&&

.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...None.
TN...None.
VA...None.
&&

mjb

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 2:22 PM EDT, 7 hours 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
222 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-091830-
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-
222 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016 /122 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

...SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM MID-AFTERNOON
THROUGH EARLY EVENING...
...TORRENTIAL RAINS WITH LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

ANOTHER BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MIDDLE
TENNESSEE AND SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE EAST
INTO EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. THE AIR-MASS ACROSS THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS WILL BECOME QUITE MOIST
AND UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THIS LINE. SOME OF THESE
STORMS WILL BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH THE MAIN CONCERN BEING
DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE...TORRENTIAL RAINS AND
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

THE GREATEST COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF THESE STORMS WILL BE THROUGH
8 PM EDT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY THROUGH
MONDAY...MAINLY ACROSS EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA. SOME STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE PRODUCING GUSTY
WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINS...MAINLY DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 8, 7:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
722 PM EDT FRI JUL 08 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0610 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GRAY                    36.41N 82.48W
07/08/2016                   WASHINGTON         TN   PUBLIC

            TREES DOWN ALONG CRYSTAL SPRINGS ROAD.

&&

13

Local storm report, Jul 8, 7:24 PM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
724 PM EDT FRI JUL 08 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0620 PM     TSTM WND DMG     JOHNSON CITY            36.33N 82.37W
07/08/2016                   WASHINGTON         TN   BROADCAST MEDIA

            ROOF PARTIALLY REMOVED AT CAMELOT CIRCLE.

&&

13

Local storm report, Jul 8, 7:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
729 PM EDT FRI JUL 08 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0545 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S PETROS              36.06N 84.45W
07/08/2016                   MORGAN             TN   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 62 IN THE JOYNER COMMUNITY.

&&

13

Local storm report, Jul 8, 7:34 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
734 PM EDT FRI JUL 08 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0630 PM     TSTM WND GST     ELIZABETHTON            36.34N 82.23W
07/08/2016  M62 MPH          CARTER             TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            RECORDED ON A DAVIS WIND SENSOR. MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN
            THE AREA WITH POWER OUTAGES.

&&

13

Local storm report, Jul 8, 9:26 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
926 PM EDT FRI JUL 08 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0820 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TURTLETOWN              35.13N 84.36W
07/08/2016                   POLK               TN   911 CALL CENTER

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR TURTLETOWN

0830 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MURPHY                  35.09N 84.03W
07/08/2016                   CHEROKEE           NC   911 CALL CENTER

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN SOUTH PART OF COUNTY AND EAST OF
            MURPHY

&&

MBLACK

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 10:07 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1007 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

NCZ060-061-TNZ102-090300-
CHEROKEE NC-CLAY NC-EAST POLK TN-
1007 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHEROKEE...WESTERN CLAY AND
SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...

AT 1007 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES EAST OF DUCKTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MURPHY...DUCKTOWN...HIAWASSE DAM...HOT HOUSE...MARBLE...TURTLETOWN...
BRASSTOWN AND COPPERHILL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3499 8438 3515 8439 3519 8384 3517 8382
      3515 8383 3500 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 269DEG 27KT 3507 8426

AMP.23

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 8:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Monroe, Polk	38 min
Jul 8, 8:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Sequatchie	35 min
Jul 8, 11:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Marion	50 min
Jul 8, 11:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie	28 min
Jul 9, 12:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Anderson, Morgan, Roane, Scott	42 min
Jul 9, 12:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley, Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie	50 min
Jul 9, 12:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Bledsoe, Bradley, Meigs, Rhea	43 min
Jul 9, 12:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley, Polk	43 min
Jul 9, 12:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Loudon	38 min
Jul 9, 1:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Monroe	42 min
Jul 8, 8:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cherokee, Clay	20 min
Jul 8, 8:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cherokee	28 min

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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.