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Frost Advisory 1, NWS Morristown, TN

March 16, 20176 counties in Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this frost advisory at Mar 16, 2017, 1:47 PM CDT for 6 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Mar 16, 2017, 9:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 16, 2017, 1:47 PM CDT (18:47 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 16, 2017, 9:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 17, 2017, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN

Counties Bledsoe County, TN, Bradley County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Marion County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 154 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2017-03-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2017-03-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
85 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this frost advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this frost advisory went out at Mar 15, 6:18 PM CDT, 19 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 6:18 PM CDT, 19 hours 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 2:31 PM CDT, 23 hours 16 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Morristown TN
331 PM EDT Wed Mar 15 2017

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-161945-
Cherokee-Clay-Scott TN-Campbell-Claiborne-Hancock-Hawkins-
Sullivan-Johnson-Morgan-Anderson-Union-Grainger-Hamblen-
Northwest Cocke-Cocke Smoky Mountains-Northwest Greene-
Southeast Greene-Washington TN-Unicoi-Northwest Carter-
Southeast Carter-Roane-Loudon-Knox-Jefferson-NW Blount-
Blount Smoky Mountains-North Sevier-Sevier Smoky Mountains-
Sequatchie-Bledsoe-Rhea-Meigs-McMinn-Northwest Monroe-
Southeast Monroe-Marion-Hamilton-Bradley-West Polk-East Polk-Lee-
Wise-Scott-Russell-Washington-
331 PM EDT Wed Mar 15 2017 /231 PM CDT Wed Mar 15 2017/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Southwest North
Carolina...East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

A Freeze Warning is in effect for most of the area again tonight
to the the potential for a widespread, killing freeze. Lows will
again be well below freezing with some areas dipping into the
teens.

The combination of strong northwest winds and cold air will cause
wind chill values to drop into the -5 to -15 degree range across
the high terrain of East Tennessee. A Wind Chill Advisory is in
effect for these areas from 8 PM tonight until 11 AM Thursday
morning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

A Freeze watch is in effect for most of the area again Thursday
night into Friday morning for another night of subfreezing
temperatures in the mid 20s to lower 30s.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 16, 1:47 PM CDTFreeze WarningMRXAnderson, Blount, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke and 19 more19 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in Tennessee, 2017Every frost advisory in 2017

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.