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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Morristown, TN

May 28, 2021Greene County, Hawkins County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2021, 5:35 PM EDT for Greene County, Hawkins County, Tennessee. It was in force for 40 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
May 28, 2021, 5:35 PM EDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2021, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Greene County, TN, Hawkins County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 264 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2021-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 106 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2021-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
106 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1467 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

436 
WUUS54 KMRX 282135
SVRMRX
TNC059-073-282215-
/O.NEW.KMRX.SV.W.0059.210528T2135Z-210528T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Morristown TN
535 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021

The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Hawkins County in east Tennessee...
  Northern Greene County in east Tennessee...

* Until 615 PM EDT.

* At 535 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles east of
  Russellville, or 10 miles south of Rogersville, moving east at 45
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Mosheim, Bulls Gap, Baileyton, Kepler, McCloud, Romeo, Mohawk,
  Jearoldstown and Fall Branch.

This includes Interstate 81 in Tennessee between mile markers 20 and
49.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3647 8268 3645 8270 3643 8268 3641 8270
      3642 8263 3641 8263 3624 8264 3617 8308
      3623 8310 3625 8308 3626 8310 3629 8311
      3651 8272
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 253DEG 40KT 3625 8302 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JLB
1 follow-up statement
338 
WWUS54 KMRX 282154
SVSMRX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
554 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021

TNC059-073-282215-
/O.CON.KMRX.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-210528T2215Z/
Hawkins TN-Greene TN-
554 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL HAWKINS AND NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES...

At 554 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles north of
Tusculum, or 10 miles north of Greeneville, moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Baileyton, Kepler, Jearoldstown and Fall Branch. 

This includes Interstate 81 in Tennessee between mile markers 32 and
49.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3647 8268 3645 8270 3643 8268 3641 8270
      3642 8263 3641 8263 3624 8264 3620 8292
      3641 8289 3651 8272
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 253DEG 40KT 3631 8277 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JLB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXHancock, Hawkins46 min
May 28, 2:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXCampbell, Morgan, Scott3 hr
May 28, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXGrainger45 min
May 28, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXSullivan37 min
May 28, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXCampbell, Morgan, Roane, Scott42 min
May 28, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXLoudon36 min
May 28, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson, Knox, Morgan, Roane47 min
May 28, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXAnderson, Claiborne, Grainger, Knox, Union47 min
May 28, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXMonroe42 min
May 28, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGrainger, Jefferson, Knox, Union43 min
May 28, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXGrainger, Hamblen, Jefferson49 min
May 28, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins, Jefferson43 min
May 28, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXGreene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson42 min
May 28, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXMonroe, Polk65 min
May 28, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXCarter, Sullivan, Washington62 min
May 28, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXCarter, Johnson48 min
May 28, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCarter, Johnson29 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.