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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Morristown, TN

June 22, 2019Clay County, North Carolina

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2019, 12:53 AM EDT for Clay County, North Carolina. It was in force for 22 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: Jun 22, 2019, 12:53 AM EDT (04:53 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2019, 1:15 AM EDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Clay County, NC

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 21, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 200 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: 2575 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1446 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.7

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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 Jun 22, 12:53 AM EDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 12:53 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 6:57 PM EDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Morristown TN
657 PM EDT Fri Jun 21 2019

NCZ060-061-TNZ014>018-037>047-070-073-074-VAZ001-002-005-006-008-
222300-
Cherokee-Clay-Claiborne-Hancock-Hawkins-Sullivan-Johnson-Union-
Grainger-Hamblen-Northwest Cocke-Cocke Smoky Mountains-
Northwest Greene-Southeast Greene-Washington-Unicoi-
Northwest Carter-Southeast Carter-Jefferson-North Sevier-
Sevier Smoky Mountains-Lee-Wise-Scott-Russell-
657 PM EDT Fri Jun 21 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest North
Carolina...east Tennessee and southwest Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

An area of thunderstorms will move southeast into East Tennessee
tonight. There is a marginal risk of severe thunderstorms,
generally east of I-75. The primary hazard will be damaging
winds.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

...Strong to severe storms possible at times through the
weekend....

Additional thunderstorms are expected during the afternoon hours
Saturday and additional thunderstorms may be possible Saturday
night into Sunday. Some of these storms could be strong to severe.
The primary hazard will be damaging winds with a localized threat
for large hail. Heavy rainfall will be likely with thunderstorms
which may produce localized flash flooding.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be required tonight and Saturday. Please
report severe weather or severe weather damage to us at
www.weather.gov/mrx/SpotterReports/.

TNZ012-013-035-036-067>069-071-072-081>087-098>102-222300-
Scott-Campbell-Morgan-Anderson-Roane-Loudon-Knox-Northwest Blount-
Blount Smoky Mountains-Sequatchie-Bledsoe-Rhea-Meigs-McMinn-
Northwest Monroe-Southeast Monroe-Marion-Hamilton-Bradley-
West Polk-East Polk-
657 PM EDT Fri Jun 21 2019 /557 PM CDT Fri Jun 21 2019/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of east Tennessee.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

...Severe Thunderstorm Watch in effect until 2 AM EDT Saturday...

An area of thunderstorms will move southeast into East Tennessee
tonight. The severe thunderstorm risk will be highest across the
Cumberland Plateau and Tennessee Valley, generally west of
Interstate 75. The primary hazard will be damaging winds with
localized gusts up to 70 mph.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

...Strong to severe storms possible at times through the
weekend....

Additional thunderstorms are expected during the afternoon hours
Saturday and additional thunderstorms may be possible Saturday
night into Sunday. Some of these storms could be strong to severe.
The primary hazard will be damaging winds with a localized threat
for large hail. Heavy rainfall will be likely with thunderstorms
which may produce localized flash flooding.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be required tonight and Saturday. Please
report severe weather or severe weather damage to us at
www.weather.gov/mrx/SpotterReports/.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 21, 11:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1142 PM EDT FRI JUN 21 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1139 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NW MASCOT             36.08N 83.78W
06/21/2019                   KNOX               TN   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES NEAR ROBERTS RD
            AND MILLERTOWN PIKE.

1139 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NNE KNOXVILLE         36.01N 83.92W
06/21/2019                   KNOX               TN   911 CALL CENTER

            POWER LINES DOWN AND TRAFFIC LIGHTS WITHOUT
            POWER.

1138 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 E FARRAGUT            35.87N 84.09W
06/21/2019                   KNOX               TN   911 CALL CENTER

            POWER LINES DOWN.

&&

Local storm report, Jun 22, 12:07 AM EDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1207 AM EDT SAT JUN 22 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1130 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 ENE LOUDON            35.74N 84.34W
06/21/2019                   LOUDON             TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WIDESPREAD DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES
            ACROSS THE COUNTY.

1130 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LENOIR CITY             35.80N 84.27W
06/21/2019                   LOUDON             TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TWO REPORTS OF TREES DOWN ON HOUSES NEAR 9TH
            AVE AND C ST IN LENOIR CITY. NO INJURIES
            REPORTED.

&&

Local storm report, Jun 22, 12:13 AM EDT, 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 12:17 AM EDT, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1217 AM EDT SAT JUN 22 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1208 AM     TSTM WND DMG     DANDRIDGE               36.02N 83.42W
06/22/2019                   JEFFERSON          TN   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE ON A HOUSE NEAR DANDRIDGE. WIDESPREAD
            TREE DAMAGE ACROSS JEFFERSON COUNTY.

1158 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 WNW NEW MARKET        36.10N 83.56W
06/21/2019                   JEFFERSON          TN   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE ON A HOUSE NEAR NEW MARKET. WIDESPREAD
            TREE DAMAGE.

&&

Local storm report, Jun 22, 12:19 AM EDT, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1219 AM EDT SAT JUN 22 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1124 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TEN MILE                35.67N 84.66W
06/21/2019                   MEIGS              TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED OBSERVER REPORTS TREES DOWN AND
            POWER OUT AT TEN MILE TN.

&&

JLB

Local storm report, Jun 22, 12:26 AM EDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1226 AM EDT SAT JUN 22 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1206 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SW BENTON             35.17N 84.66W
06/22/2019                   POLK               TN   911 CALL CENTER

            COUPLE OF TREES DOWN NEAR BENTON.

1206 AM     HAIL             1 WSW BENTON            35.17N 84.66W
06/22/2019  E0.88 INCH       POLK               TN   911 CALL CENTER

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL NEAR BENTON.

&&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 10:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Greene, Washington	42 min
Jun 21, 10:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Morgan, Scott	58 min
Jun 21, 10:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Hamilton, Meigs, Rhea, Sequatchie	61 min
Jun 21, 10:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie	58 min
Jun 21, 10:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Roane	45 min
Jun 21, 10:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Anderson, Campbell	37 min
Jun 21, 11:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Blount, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Roane	64 min
Jun 21, 11:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Claiborne, Knox, Union	45 min
Jun 21, 11:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Anderson, Blount, Knox	41 min
Jun 21, 11:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Polk and 1 more	65 min
Jun 21, 11:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Blount, Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock, Jefferson, Knox and 1 more	38 min
Jun 21, 11:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Meigs, Rhea, Roane	3 hr
Jun 21, 11:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins and 2 more	50 min
Jun 22, 12:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Monroe, Polk	56 min
Jun 22, 12:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cocke, Greene, Unicoi, Washington	49 min
Jun 22, 12:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hawkins, Sullivan	55 min
Jun 22, 1:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Carter, Johnson, Sullivan, Washington	56 min
Jun 22, 10:24 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Campbell, Claiborne, Scott	66 min
Jun 22, 11:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger, Morgan, Scott and 1 more	55 min
Jun 22, 11:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Anderson, Knox, Loudon, Morgan, Roane, Union	65 min
Jun 22, 12:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Jefferson	54 min
Jun 22, 12:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Blount, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Polk and 2 more	61 min
Jun 22, 1:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Cocke	51 min
Jun 22, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	McMinn, Monroe, Polk	64 min
Jun 22, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Polk	42 min
Jun 22, 7:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Marion	41 min
Jun 22, 7:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Marion	52 min
Jun 22, 7:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Hamilton	26 min
Jun 22, 7:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Polk	48 min
Jun 22, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Cherokee	48 min

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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.