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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 158, NWS Morristown, TN

December 29, 2021Bradley County, McMinn County, Polk County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 29, 2021, 9:08 PM EST for Bradley County, McMinn County, Polk County, Tennessee. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Dec 29, 2021, 9:08 PM EST (02:08 UTC)
Expired
Dec 29, 2021, 9:32 PM EST
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bradley County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Polk County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 29, 9:15 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG5 Sw Cleveland, TNTREES DOWN NEAR INTERSECTION OF BANCROFT AND SOUTH LEE HIGHWAY.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 00:00Z on 2021-12-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-12-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -111 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1029 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

742 
WUUS54 KMRX 300208
SVRMRX
TNC011-107-139-300245-
/O.NEW.KMRX.SV.W.0158.211230T0208Z-211230T0245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Morristown TN
908 PM EST Wed Dec 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Bradley County in east Tennessee...
  Central Polk County in east Tennessee...
  Southern McMinn County in east Tennessee...

* Until 945 PM EST.

* At 907 PM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Charleston to Cleveland to 7 miles west of
  South Cleveland, moving east at 65 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Cleveland, Benton, Etowah, Charleston, South Cleveland, East
  Cleveland, Wildwood Lake, Calhoun, Waterville and Parksville.

This includes Interstate 75 in Tennessee between mile markers 16 and
41.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3506 8500 3513 8503 3516 8501 3519 8501
      3526 8497 3533 8489 3536 8488 3535 8486
      3538 8485 3540 8441 3533 8440 3532 8445
      3529 8450 3524 8439 3521 8438 3505 8454
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 264DEG 58KT 3535 8475 3518 8488 3507 8503 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

BW
1 follow-up statement
810 
WWUS54 KMRX 300232
SVSMRX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
932 PM EST Wed Dec 29 2021

TNC011-107-139-300241-
/O.CAN.KMRX.SV.W.0158.000000T0000Z-211230T0245Z/
Bradley TN-Polk TN-McMinn TN-
932 PM EST Wed Dec 29 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BRADLEY...CENTRAL POLK AND
SOUTHERN MCMINN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However gusty winds are
still possible with these thunderstorms.

LAT...LON 3506 8500 3513 8503 3516 8501 3519 8501
      3526 8497 3533 8489 3536 8488 3535 8486
      3538 8485 3540 8441 3533 8440 3532 8445
      3529 8450 3524 8439 3521 8438 3505 8454
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 264DEG 58KT 3535 8475 3518 8488 3507 8503 

$$

BW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 29, 7:48 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMRXMarion, Sequatchie42 min
Dec 29, 8:25 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMRXHamilton, Marion, Sequatchie50 min
Dec 29, 8:41 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMRXMeigs, Rhea49 min
Dec 29, 8:54 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMRXBradley, Hamilton36 min
Dec 29, 9:18 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMRXBlount, Loudon, Monroe27 min
Dec 29, 9:27 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMRXBradley33 min
Dec 29, 9:31 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMRXMonroe, Polk29 min
Dec 29, 9:50 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMRXBlount25 min
Dec 30, 7:21 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryMRXAnderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Cocke and 18 more3 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.