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Special Weather Statement, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this special weather statement at Jun 19, 2019, 7:21 PM EDT for Grainger County, Hamblen County, Tennessee. It was in force for 39 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
- Jun 19, 2019, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2019, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
Counties Grainger County, TN, Hamblen County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 282 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
- 164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 747 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Jun 19, 6:51 PM EDT, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 6:51 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Morristown TN 656 PM EDT Wed Jun 19 2019 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-202300- Cherokee-Clay-Scott-Campbell-Claiborne-Hancock-Hawkins-Sullivan- Johnson-Morgan-Anderson-Union-Grainger-Hamblen-Northwest Cocke- Cocke Smoky Mountains-Northwest Greene-Southeast Greene- Washington-Unicoi-Northwest Carter-Southeast Carter-Roane-Loudon- Knox-Jefferson-Northwest 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-Russell- 656 PM EDT Wed Jun 19 2019 /556 PM CDT Wed Jun 19 2019/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest North Carolina...east Tennessee and southwest Virginia. .DAY ONE...Tonight A line of showers and strong to severe storms may move out of Middle TN and into portions of our area later this evening, mainly west of I-75 and north of I-40. If the storms maintain their strength, some of them could produce large hail and isolated wind damage. Another round of showers and storms could move through closer to sunrise but aren't expected to be as strong. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday ...Strong to Possibly Severe Storms Thursday Afternoon... ...Another Round of Strong to Severe Storms Possible late Friday Night and Saturday.... A frontal boundary will move across the area Thursday producing showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could be strong to severe in the afternoon. The main concern will be hail up to quarter size, strong and gusty winds, and locally heavy rainfall. For Friday night, an area of storms is expected to develop across the Indiana and northern Kentucky state line and then move southeast into the area Saturday morning. Some of these storms could be strong to severe producing damaging winds, hail up to quarter size, and heavy rainfall. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be required this evening and possibly Saturday. Reports of flash flooding, storm damage, or heavy rainfall amounts will be appreciated this week.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 6:21 PM EDT, 1 hour before
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
656 PM EDT Wed Jun 19 2019
TNZ037-038-069-070-192345-
Jefferson TN-Union TN-Grainger TN-Knox TN-
656 PM EDT Wed Jun 19 2019
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN KNOX...NORTHWESTERN
JEFFERSON...SOUTHWESTERN GRAINGER AND SOUTHERN UNION COUNTIES UNTIL
745 PM EDT...
At 655 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles southwest of Plainview, or 9 miles north of Knoxville, moving
northeast at 20 mph.
Pea size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Knoxville, Jefferson City, Maynardville, Plainview, New Market,
Strawberry Plains, Halls, Blaine, Luttrell, Paulette, Rose Hill,
Sharps Chapel, House Mountain State Park, Maloneyville, Mascot,
Bearden, Powell and Big Ridge State Park.
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.
&&
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 AM EDT for
east Tennessee.
LAT...LON 3611 8345 3605 8364 3604 8365 3604 8367
3603 8368 3591 8398 3601 8409 3604 8406
3607 8409 3617 8397 3619 8394 3620 8396
3636 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 232DEG 17KT 3611 8390
mjbSpecial weather statement, Jun 19, 7:21 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
721 PM EDT Wed Jun 19 2019
TNZ038-039-070-200000-
Jefferson TN-Hamblen TN-Grainger TN-
721 PM EDT Wed Jun 19 2019
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN JEFFERSON...CENTRAL
GRAINGER AND HAMBLEN COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT...
At 720 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Jefferson City, moving northeast at 25 mph.
Pea size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Morristown, Jefferson City, Rutledge, Bean Station, White Pine, New
Market, Strawberry Plains, Blaine, Panther Creek State Park, Alpha,
Buffalo Springs and Lowland.
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 3615 8318 3613 8318 3613 8319 3615 8322
3613 8322 3613 8324 3610 8324 3603 8364
3604 8365 3604 8367 3606 8369 3610 8371
3610 8369 3609 8367 3614 8372 3616 8373
3638 8337
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 239DEG 21KT 3614 8353
mjbThe office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 8:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Carter | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Anderson, Knox | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Knox, Union | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 7:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Knox | 67 min |
| Jun 19, 7:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Jefferson | 58 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.