Wind Advisory 3, NWS Morristown, TN

Issued

Jan 11, 2017, 8:18 PM EST (01:18 UTC)

Expired

Jan 12, 2017, 10:00 AM EST

In force

14 hr

Issued by

NWS Morristown, TN

Counties Blount County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Sevier County, TN

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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163 
WWUS74 KMRX 120118
NPWMRX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
818 PM EST WED JAN 11 2017

...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS IN THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS OF EAST TENNESSEE...

.A STRONG MID LEVEL JET WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN
REGION BEHIND A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING NORTH. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY
ALONG THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE EAST TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS.
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
CAN BE EXPECTED. 

TNZ041-072-074-120930-
/O.NEW.KMRX.WI.Y.0003.170112T0118Z-170112T1500Z/
COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COSBY...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG
818 PM EST WED JAN 11 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY. 

* EVENT...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50
  MPH.

* TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING

* IMPACTS...DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES WILL BE POSSIBLE...AND
  UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN OVER. DRIVING MAY BE
  DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 

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.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

544 
WWUS74 KMRX 120728
NPWMRX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
228 AM EST THU JAN 12 2017

...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS IN THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS OF EAST TENNESSEE
EARLY IN THE DAY...

.A STRONG MID LEVEL JET WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIAN REGION THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY ALONG THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE EAST TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS. SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.

TNZ041-072-074-121500-
/O.CON.KMRX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-170112T1500Z/
COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COSBY...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG
228 AM EST THU JAN 12 2017

...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING...

* EVENT...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 
  50 MPH. 

* TIMING...THROUGH MID MORNING.

* IMPACTS...TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED...AND UNSECURED
  OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN OVER. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

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.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

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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.