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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 30, 2018, 5:23 PM EDT for Hancock County, Tennessee; Lee County, Virginia. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 30, 2018, 5:23 PM EDT (21:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2018, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hancock County, TN, Lee County, VA
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 299 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
- 1345 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1136 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 30, 2:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 2:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Morristown TN 253 PM EDT Thu Aug 30 2018 .SHORT TERM...(Tonight and Friday)... Convection has largely been tied to the higher terrain of the mountains and plateau regions so far today. Still expect it to fill in somewhat over the valley so the 40-50% PoPs in the forecast through this evening for those locations appear ok for now. Time will tell if those are too high. Otherwise, the region will remain beneath flat upper ridging over roughly the southern half of the United States through the period. More specifically, a weakness located beneath the subtropical high located off the coast of the Carolinas and another over the New Mexico and Texas border will be situated overhead. This weakness will allow for another round of afternoon showers and thunderstorms again tomorrow, mainly over the higher terrain. A few isolated showers may also linger into, or form during, the overnight hours tonight but typical diurnal trends should nix most convection within a few hours of sunset this evening. Confidence in how much skies clear out tonight is not high. Added in some higher cloud cover over the major river valleys across the CWA to hint at the possibility of some fog or low clouds tonight. But it probably be hit and miss given possible cloud cover. Temperatures tomorrow should be fairly similar to today, with mid to upper 80s possible for lower elevations expected. .LONG TERM...(Friday night through Thursday)... Little change is needed to the previous forecast as a large ridge over the western Atlantic continues to be the dominant feature for the long term period. The ridge will gradually build westward through the early part of the period, becoming positioned over the central Appalachians by Wednesday/Thursday. Will see a trend toward less convection, and temperatures will generally run slightly above normal for the period. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Chattanooga Airport, TN 71 86 71 87 / 40 40 30 30 Knoxville McGhee Tyson Airport, TN 69 87 68 87 / 40 50 30 30 Oak Ridge, TN 70 87 69 87 / 30 50 30 30 Tri Cities Airport, TN 66 86 65 87 / 40 50 50 30 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...None. TN...None. VA...None. && CD/LW
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 30, 3:11 AM EDT, 14 hours 12 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Morristown TN 311 AM EDT Thu Aug 30 2018 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-310715- 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- 311 AM EDT Thu Aug 30 2018 /211 AM CDT Thu Aug 30 2018/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Southwest North Carolina...East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Slow-moving thunderstorms may be capable of producing localized flooding and strong wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 2:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
235 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2018
TNZ047-301900-
Southeast Carter TN-
235 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN CARTER COUNTY UNTIL
300 PM EDT...
At 234 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Elk Park, or 7 miles west of Beech Mountain, moving west at 10 mph.
Dime size hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Roane Mountain State Park, Elk Mills, Roan Mountain and Hampton Creek
Cove State Park.
LAT...LON 3615 8201 3616 8216 3632 8214 3629 8198
3627 8196 3627 8195 3626 8195 3626 8193
TIME...MOT...LOC 1834Z 094DEG 10KT 3621 8202
CEDSpecial weather statement, Aug 30, 4:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Blount | 32 min |
| Aug 30, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Carter | 25 min |
| Aug 30, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 44 min |
| Aug 30, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Greene | 43 min |
| Aug 30, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Claiborne | 49 min |
| Aug 30, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Claiborne | 28 min |
| Aug 30, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Claiborne | 33 min |
| Aug 30, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Union | 27 min |
| Aug 30, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Knox | 32 min |
| Aug 30, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Marion | 32 min |
| Aug 30, 6:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Monroe | 116 min |
| Aug 30, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Monroe | 39 min |
| Aug 30, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Monroe | 33 min |
| Aug 30, 7:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Loudon | 32 min |
| Aug 30, 1:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Wise, City of Norton | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Russell | 24 min |
| Aug 30, 6:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Washington | 2 hr |
| Aug 30, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Lee | 49 min |
| Aug 30, 7:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Scott | 39 min |
| Aug 30, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Cherokee | 38 min |
| Aug 30, 7:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Cherokee | 26 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.