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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this wind advisory at Feb 15, 2016, 3:50 AM EST for 8 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Feb 15, 2016, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 2016, 3:50 AM EST (08:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 15, 2016, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2016, 12:15 PM EST
- In force
- 8 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
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 280 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
- 1745 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 490 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
112 WWUS74 KMRX 150850 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 350 AM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND FOOTHILLS... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TODAY BEFORE EXITING TO THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND FOOTHILLS OF THE EAST TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. TNZ018-041-043-045-047-072-074-087-151700- /O.NEW.KMRX.WI.Y.0004.160215T0900Z-160216T0900Z/ JOHNSON-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI- SOUTHEAST CARTER-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SOUTHEAST MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...COSBY...CEDAR CREEK... ERWIN...ROAN MOUNTAIN...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG...COKER CREEK 350 AM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST TUESDAY. * EVENT...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...TODAY UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT IN CROSS WINDS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LARGE BRANCHES AND SOME WEAKER TREES MAY BE DOWNED. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
182 WWUS74 KMRX 151715 NPWMRX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1215 PM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND FOOTHILLS... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE EXITING TO THE NORTHEAST LATE TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS OF THE EAST TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. TNZ018-041-043-045-047-072-074-087-160100- /O.UPG.KMRX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160216T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KMRX.HW.W.0002.160215T1715Z-160216T0900Z/ JOHNSON-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI- SOUTHEAST CARTER-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SOUTHEAST MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...COSBY...CEDAR CREEK... ERWIN...ROAN MOUNTAIN...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG...COKER CREEK 1215 PM EST MON FEB 15 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST TUESDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...TODAY UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT IN CROSS WINDS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LARGE BRANCHES AND SOME WEAKER TREES MAY BE DOWNED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ TD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 11:03 AM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie | 52 hr |
| Feb 15, 11:30 AM EST | Flood Watch | MRX | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter and 27 more | 16 hr |
| Feb 15, 12:15 PM EST | High Wind Warning | MRX | Blount, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Johnson, Monroe and 2 more | 16 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:03 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Bledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, Marion, Meigs, Rhea and 1 more | 117 min |
Nearby
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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.