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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Morristown, TN

January 9, 20169 counties in Tennessee; 5 counties in Virginia

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2016-01-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2016-01-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 362 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.