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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this wind advisory at Mar 24, 2016, 12:39 PM EDT for 8 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Mar 24, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2016, 12:39 PM EDT (16:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 24, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2016, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 9 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 16:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 12:00Z, 4.7 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
- 1491 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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.