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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this wind advisory at Jan 9, 2016, 9:06 PM EST for 9 counties in Tennessee; 5 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 9, 2016, 9:06 PM EST (02:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2016, 4:00 AM EST
- In force
- 7 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, Washington County, TN, City of Bristol, VA, City of Norton, VA, Russell County, VA, Washington County, VA, Wise County, VA
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 254 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 446 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 362 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 429 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
707 WWUS74 KMRX 100206 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 906 PM EST SAT JAN 9 2016 ...WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS PRODUCING WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. TNZ018-040>047-071>074-086-087-VAZ002-006-008-100900- /O.NEW.KMRX.WI.Y.0001.160110T0206Z-160110T0900Z/ JOHNSON-NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE- SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER- SOUTHEAST CARTER-NW BLOUNT-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER- SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST MONROE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-WISE- RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...NEWPORT...COSBY... GREENEVILLE...CEDAR CREEK...JOHNSON CITY...ERWIN...ELIZABETHTON... ROAN MOUNTAIN...MARYVILLE...CADES COVE...SEVIERVILLE... GATLINBURG...MADISONVILLE...COKER CREEK...WISE...NORTON... LEBANON...ABINGDON 906 PM EST SAT JAN 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY. * EVENT...SOUTHERLY WINDS WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS MAY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREA HIKERS AND OUTDOORSMEN SHOULD BE ADVISED OF THE POTENTIAL FOR TREES COMING DOWN DURING THE HIGHER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. && $$
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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.