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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 29, 2016, 10:14 PM CST for Marion County, Tennessee. It was in force for 31 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
- Nov 29, 2016, 10:14 PM CST (04:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 29, 2016, 10:45 PM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Marion County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 10:11 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 1648 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 90 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 321 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 354 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
896
WFUS54 KMRX 300414
TORMRX
TNC115-300445-
/O.NEW.KMRX.TO.W.0002.161130T0414Z-161130T0445Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1014 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN MARION COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 1045 PM CST
* AT 1012 PM CST...A TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES
SOUTH OF COWAN...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINCHESTER...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO.
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.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ORME...FIERY GIZZARD S.P....SEQUATCHIE CAVE...FOSTER FALLS S.P. AND
NEW HOPE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3524 8584 3524 8582 3522 8577 3522 8574
3524 8569 3529 8571 3529 8569 3530 8567
3505 8549 3499 8581 3499 8586 3522 8586
3522 8587
TIME...MOT...LOC 0412Z 239DEG 59KT 3502 8599
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 10:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Sequatchie | 23 min |
| Nov 29, 10:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion, Sequatchie | 48 min |
| Nov 29, 10:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie | 47 min |
| Nov 29, 11:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton, Marion | 36 min |
| Nov 29, 11:11 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Bledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie | 3 hr |
| Nov 29, 11:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Rhea | 24 min |
| Nov 29, 11:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion, Sequatchie | 34 min |
| Nov 29, 11:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton | 26 min |
| Nov 29, 11:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs | 36 min |
| Nov 30, 12:14 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Morgan, Scott | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 12:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | McMinn, Monroe | 25 min |
| Nov 30, 12:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | McMinn, Meigs | 24 min |
| Nov 30, 12:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 34 min |
| Nov 30, 12:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Loudon, Monroe | 32 min |
| Nov 30, 12:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Loudon, Monroe | 36 min |
| Nov 30, 1:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, Polk | 30 min |
| Nov 30, 1:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon, McMinn, Monroe | 23 min |
| Nov 30, 1:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Sevier | 27 min |
| Nov 30, 1:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, McMinn, Monroe, Polk | 31 min |
| Nov 30, 1:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Jefferson, Sevier | 34 min |
| Nov 30, 1:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Loudon | 20 min |
| Nov 30, 2:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Knox | 27 min |
| Nov 30, 2:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion, Sequatchie | 32 min |
| Nov 30, 2:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Morgan | 10 min |
| Nov 30, 2:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Hamilton, Marion, Meigs, Rhea, Sequatchie | 34 min |
| Nov 30, 3:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, Loudon, McMinn, Marion and 5 more | 33 min |
| Nov 30, 3:16 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Morgan, Roane, Scott and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 3:19 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Knox, Loudon, Roane | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 3:36 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Johnson, Sullivan, Washington | 39 min |
| Nov 30, 3:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Polk and 1 more | 33 min |
| Nov 30, 3:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Johnson, Sullivan, Washington | 39 min |
| Nov 30, 3:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie | 37 min |
| Nov 30, 3:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Monroe and 1 more | 52 min |
| Nov 30, 4:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Bradley, McMinn, Monroe, Polk | 31 min |
| Nov 30, 4:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 4:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Monroe and 1 more | 48 min |
| Nov 30, 4:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe and 1 more | 30 min |
| Nov 30, 4:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Union | 52 min |
| Nov 30, 4:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe and 2 more | 44 min |
| Nov 30, 4:51 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 4:51 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Claiborne, Hancock | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 4:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, Marion | 36 min |
| Nov 30, 5:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington | 46 min |
| Nov 30, 5:24 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Blount, Monroe, Sevier | 51 min |
| Nov 30, 5:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs, Rhea | 35 min |
| Nov 30, 5:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Greene, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington | 58 min |
| Nov 30, 6:14 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Cocke, Sevier | 46 min |
| Nov 30, 6:46 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton | 44 min |
| Nov 30, 6:47 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Loudon | 43 min |
| Nov 30, 6:50 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Blount, Loudon, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 7:18 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Bradley, McMinn, Monroe, Polk | 42 min |
| Nov 30, 7:26 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 7:39 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Loudon, McMinn, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 8:01 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Blount, Monroe, Polk, Sevier | 59 min |
| Nov 30, 8:56 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Cocke, Sevier | 64 min |
| Nov 30, 9:15 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Cocke, Jefferson, Sevier | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 9:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan | 27 min |
| Nov 30, 10:26 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Monroe, Polk | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 11:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Polk | 40 min |
| Nov 30, 12:26 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Sevier | 109 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.