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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Morristown, TN

August 9, 2021Grainger County, Knox County, Union County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2021, 7:55 PM EDT for Grainger County, Knox County, Union 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
Aug 9, 2021, 7:55 PM EDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2021, 8:34 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Grainger County, TN, Knox County, TN, Union County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 255 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2021-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 788 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2021-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
788 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
892 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

778 
WUUS54 KMRX 092355
SVRMRX
TNC057-093-173-100045-
/O.NEW.KMRX.SV.W.0103.210809T2355Z-210810T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Morristown TN
755 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021

The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Knox County in east Tennessee...
  Southwestern Union County in east Tennessee...
  Southwestern Grainger County in east Tennessee...

* Until 845 PM EDT.

* At 754 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles east of
  Clinton, moving east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Knoxville, Plainview, Halls, Blaine, House Mountain State Park,
  Maloneyville, Mascot and Paulette.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 40 in Tennessee between mile markers 392 and 404.
 Interstate 75 in Tennessee between mile markers 112 and 117.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3607 8406 3612 8403 3619 8394 3620 8396
      3621 8396 3617 8360 3613 8361 3614 8364
      3612 8363 3610 8363 3610 8365 3612 8365
      3612 8367 3609 8366 3609 8371 3606 8369
      3605 8367 3600 8366 3594 8369 3594 8371
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 280DEG 22KT 3611 8396 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Diegan
2 follow-up statements
624 
WWUS54 KMRX 100013
SVSMRX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
813 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021

TNC057-093-173-100045-
/O.CON.KMRX.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-210810T0045Z/
Knox TN-Union TN-Grainger TN-
813 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN KNOX...SOUTH CENTRAL UNION AND SOUTHWESTERN GRAINGER
COUNTIES...

At 813 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Plainview, or
10 miles south of Maynardville, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Knoxville, Plainview, Blaine, Maloneyville, House Mountain State Park
and Mascot.

This includes Interstate 40 in Tennessee between mile markers 395 and
404.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3605 8394 3611 8391 3620 8387 3617 8360
      3613 8361 3614 8364 3612 8363 3610 8363
      3610 8365 3612 8365 3612 8367 3609 8366
      3609 8371 3606 8369 3605 8367 3600 8366
      3595 8369
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 280DEG 22KT 3609 8382 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Diegan
963 
WWUS54 KMRX 100034
SVSMRX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
834 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021

TNC057-093-173-100044-
/O.CAN.KMRX.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-210810T0045Z/
Knox TN-Union TN-Grainger TN-
834 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KNOX...SOUTH
CENTRAL UNION AND SOUTHWESTERN GRAINGER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3605 8394 3611 8391 3620 8387 3617 8360
      3613 8361 3614 8364 3612 8363 3610 8363
      3610 8365 3612 8365 3612 8367 3609 8366
      3609 8371 3606 8369 3605 8367 3600 8366
      3595 8369
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 280DEG 22KT 3607 8366 

$$

Diegan

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXBradley36 min
Aug 9, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXScott43 min
Aug 9, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXScott46 min
Aug 9, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXScott42 min
Aug 9, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMorgan, Scott41 min
Aug 9, 6:07 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXMorgan3 hr
Aug 9, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXAnderson47 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.