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Special Weather Statement, NWS Morristown, TN

July 5, 2018Monroe County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2018, 3:25 PM EDT for Monroe County, Tennessee. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 2018, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2018, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN

County Monroe County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 217 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 347 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1409 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 5, 1:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 1:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 3:26 AM EDT, 11 hours 59 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
220 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2018

TNZ084-085-100-051900-
Bradley TN-Meigs TN-McMinn TN-
220 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN BRADLEY...
SOUTHWESTERN MEIGS AND SOUTHERN MCMINN COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM EDT...

At 219 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Charleston, or 11 miles southwest of Athens, moving northwest at 10
mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Athens, Decatur, Etowah, Charleston, Calhoun, Riceville, Hillsview,
Big Spring and Dentville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3528 8495 3529 8494 3531 8497 3536 8497
      3537 8499 3554 8481 3534 8440 3526 8459
      3527 8467 3525 8469 3524 8471 3523 8470
      3522 8470 3521 8473
TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 124DEG 7KT 3533 8475

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:45 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
245 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2018

TNZ071-086-051930-
Northwest Monroe TN-NW Blount TN-
245 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN BLOUNT AND
NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EDT...

At 244 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14
miles southwest of Maryville, moving west at 10 mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Madisonville, Vonore, Citico Beach, Fort Loudon State Park,
Tariffville, McGee Carson Peninsula and Talassee.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3534 8426 3561 8439 3564 8425 3562 8425
      3562 8419 3561 8419 3563 8415 3565 8413
      3567 8405 3556 8400
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 068DEG 9KT 3557 8410

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:25 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
325 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2018

TNZ086-087-052015-
Northwest Monroe TN-Southeast Monroe TN-
325 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY UNTIL
415 PM EDT...

At 324 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12
miles southeast of Madisonville, moving west at 10 mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Tellico Plains and Mount Vernon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3532 8445 3533 8440 3534 8440 3534 8441
      3540 8441 3540 8443 3541 8443 3550 8441
      3541 8417 3528 8420 3528 8446
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 100DEG 9KT 3536 8427

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 8:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Bradley, Hamilton	41 min
Jul 4, 9:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Bradley, Hamilton	42 min
Jul 5, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	McMinn, Meigs	40 min
Jul 5, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Monroe	45 min
Jul 5, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	McMinn, Monroe	43 min
Jul 5, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Blount	43 min
Jul 5, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Sevier	47 min
Jul 5, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Blount, Sevier	37 min
Jul 5, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Greene	39 min
Jul 5, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Blount	23 min
Jul 5, 5:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Washington	34 min
Jul 5, 5:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Roane	31 min
Jul 5, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Carter	37 min
Jul 5, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Morgan, Roane	38 min
Jul 5, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Washington	46 min
Jul 5, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Hawkins	43 min
Jul 5, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	City of Norton	44 min
Jul 5, 6:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Lee	48 min
Jul 5, 7:12 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Lee	3 hr
Jul 5, 7:24 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Lee, Scott	2 hr
Jul 5, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Clay	33 min
Jul 5, 6:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Clay	35 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Tennessee, 2018 Every special weather statement in 2018

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.