Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Morristown, TN

June 3, 2021Polk County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2021, 1:04 PM EDT for Polk County, Tennessee. It was in force for 26 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 3, 2021, 1:04 PM EDT (17:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2021, 1:30 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Polk County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:06 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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 203 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2021-06-03Temperature 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2021-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1374 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

580 
WUUS54 KMRX 031704
SVRMRX
TNC139-031730-
/O.NEW.KMRX.SV.W.0061.210603T1704Z-210603T1730Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Morristown TN
104 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021

The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a

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

* Until 130 PM EDT.

* At 104 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Benton,
  moving northeast at 40 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Benton, Reliance, Archville, Hiwassee Ocoee State Park, Parksville
  and Turtletown.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3515 8472 3517 8470 3520 8470 3527 8456
      3527 8452 3528 8450 3524 8436 3522 8435
      3521 8435 3521 8434 3515 8430 3513 8431
      3507 8468
TIME...MOT...LOC 1704Z 247DEG 34KT 3514 8463 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SR
1 follow-up statement
077 
WWUS54 KMRX 031716
SVSMRX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
116 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021

TNC139-031730-
/O.CON.KMRX.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-210603T1730Z/
Polk TN-
116 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL POLK COUNTY...

At 115 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Benton, moving
northeast at 35 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Benton, Reliance, Archville, Hiwassee Ocoee State Park and
Turtletown.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3513 8464 3515 8465 3521 8467 3527 8456
      3527 8452 3528 8450 3524 8436 3522 8435
      3521 8435 3521 8434 3515 8430 3513 8431
      3508 8462
TIME...MOT...LOC 1715Z 246DEG 32KT 3518 8453 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 7:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXAnderson, Campbell, Morgan, Scott49 min
Jun 3, 8:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXAnderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Knox, Union49 min
Jun 3, 12:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXBradley, Polk39 min
Jun 3, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXBradley45 min
Jun 3, 2:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXPolk26 min
Jun 3, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXScott49 min
Jun 3, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXScott49 min
Jun 3, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXCampbell, Scott39 min
Jun 3, 7:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXMorgan, Scott3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2021Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2021

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.