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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 30, 2016, 12:34 AM EST for Bradley County, Hamilton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 26 min. 2 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
- Nov 30, 2016, 12:34 AM EST (05:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 30, 2016, 1:00 AM EST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Bradley County, TN, Hamilton County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 12:40 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Se Shady Grove, TN | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Nov 30, 12:48 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Se Shady Grove, TN | TREES AND POWER LINES 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 11:11 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 166 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.
674
WFUS54 KMRX 300534
TORMRX
TNC011-065-300600-
/O.NEW.KMRX.TO.W.0005.161130T0534Z-161130T0600Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1234 AM EST WED NOV 30 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BRADLEY COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE...
SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 100 AM EST
* AT 1234 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER CHATTANOOGA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HARRISON AROUND 1245 AM EST.
LAKESITE AROUND 1250 AM EST.
CLEVELAND...EAST CLEVELAND AND SOUTH CLEVELAND AROUND 100 AM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
MCDONALD...OOLTEWAH...MIDDLE VALLEY...SHADY GROVE...HOPEWELL...RED
BANK...WATERVILLE...HARRISON BAY S.P....FALLING WATER AND LOOKOUT
MOUNTAIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED
FOR HAMILTON COUNTY.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3505 8538 3507 8536 3509 8536 3511 8538
3511 8539 3512 8539 3515 8538 3535 8498
3531 8497 3529 8495 3530 8494 3510 8483
3499 8534
TIME...MOT...LOC 0534Z 242DEG 45KT 3509 8529
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
DGS1 follow-up statement
220
WWUS54 KMRX 300546
SVSMRX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1246 AM EST WED NOV 30 2016
TNC011-065-300600-
/O.CON.KMRX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-161130T0600Z/
BRADLEY TN-HAMILTON TN-
1246 AM EST WED NOV 30 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST FOR
NORTHWESTERN BRADLEY AND SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTIES...
AT 1246 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER LAKESITE...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHATTANOOGA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CLEVELAND AROUND 100 AM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
MCDONALD...OOLTEWAH...MIDDLE VALLEY...SHADY GROVE...HOPEWELL...RED
BANK...WATERVILLE...HARRISON BAY S.P....FALLING WATER AND LOOKOUT
MOUNTAIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3505 8538 3507 8536 3509 8536 3511 8538
3511 8539 3512 8539 3515 8538 3535 8498
3531 8497 3529 8495 3530 8494 3510 8483
3499 8534
TIME...MOT...LOC 0546Z 240DEG 50KT 3518 8513
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
DGSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 11:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Marion | 31 min |
| Nov 29, 11:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Sequatchie | 23 min |
| Nov 29, 11:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion, Sequatchie | 48 min |
| Nov 29, 11:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie | 47 min |
| Nov 30, 12:09 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton, Marion | 36 min |
| Nov 30, 12:11 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Bledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 12:23 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Rhea | 24 min |
| Nov 30, 12:26 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion, Sequatchie | 34 min |
| Nov 30, 12:54 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs | 36 min |
| Nov 30, 1:14 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Morgan, Scott | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 1:20 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | McMinn, Monroe | 25 min |
| Nov 30, 1:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | McMinn, Meigs | 24 min |
| Nov 30, 1:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 34 min |
| Nov 30, 1:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Loudon, Monroe | 32 min |
| Nov 30, 1:54 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Loudon, Monroe | 36 min |
| Nov 30, 2:00 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, Polk | 30 min |
| Nov 30, 2:07 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon, McMinn, Monroe | 23 min |
| Nov 30, 2:18 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Sevier | 27 min |
| Nov 30, 2:29 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bradley, McMinn, Monroe, Polk | 31 min |
| Nov 30, 2:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Jefferson, Sevier | 34 min |
| Nov 30, 2:44 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Loudon | 20 min |
| Nov 30, 3:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Knox | 27 min |
| Nov 30, 3:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion, Sequatchie | 32 min |
| Nov 30, 3:24 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Morgan | 10 min |
| Nov 30, 3:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Hamilton, Marion, Meigs, Rhea, Sequatchie | 34 min |
| Nov 30, 4:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, Loudon, McMinn, Marion and 5 more | 33 min |
| Nov 30, 4:16 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Morgan, Roane, Scott and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 4:19 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Knox, Loudon, Roane | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 4:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Johnson, Sullivan, Washington | 39 min |
| Nov 30, 4:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Polk and 1 more | 33 min |
| Nov 30, 4:51 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Johnson, Sullivan, Washington | 39 min |
| Nov 30, 4:53 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie | 37 min |
| Nov 30, 4:53 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Monroe and 1 more | 52 min |
| Nov 30, 5:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Bradley, McMinn, Monroe, Polk | 31 min |
| Nov 30, 5:25 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 5:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Monroe and 1 more | 48 min |
| Nov 30, 5:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe and 1 more | 30 min |
| Nov 30, 5:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Union | 52 min |
| Nov 30, 5:46 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe and 2 more | 44 min |
| Nov 30, 5:51 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 5:51 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Claiborne, Hancock | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 5:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, Marion | 36 min |
| Nov 30, 6:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington | 46 min |
| Nov 30, 6:24 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Blount, Monroe, Sevier | 51 min |
| Nov 30, 6:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs, Rhea | 35 min |
| Nov 30, 6:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Greene, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington | 58 min |
| Nov 30, 7:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Cocke, Sevier | 46 min |
| Nov 30, 7:46 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton | 44 min |
| Nov 30, 7:47 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Loudon | 43 min |
| Nov 30, 7:50 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Blount, Loudon, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 8:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Bradley, McMinn, Monroe, Polk | 42 min |
| Nov 30, 8:26 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 8:39 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Loudon, McMinn, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 9:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Blount, Monroe, Polk, Sevier | 59 min |
| Nov 30, 9:56 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Cocke, Sevier | 64 min |
| Nov 30, 10:15 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Cocke, Jefferson, Sevier | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 10:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan | 27 min |
| Nov 30, 11:26 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Monroe, Polk | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 12:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Polk | 40 min |
| Nov 30, 1:26 PM EST | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.