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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Morristown, TN

June 21, 2021Wise County, City of Norton, Virginia

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2021, 6:59 PM EDT for Wise County, City of Norton, Virginia. It was in force for 31 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
Jun 21, 2021, 6:59 PM EDT (22:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2021, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties City of Norton, VA, Wise County, VA

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 21, 7:21 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 Nnw Wise, VANUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 259 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 2021-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 913 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 2021-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 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
913 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1058 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

593 
WUUS54 KMRX 212259
SVRMRX
VAC195-720-212330-
/O.NEW.KMRX.SV.W.0079.210621T2259Z-210621T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Morristown TN
659 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021

The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  The City of Norton in southwestern Virginia...
  Wise County in southwestern Virginia...

* Until 730 PM EDT.

* At 659 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Wise, moving
  east at 30 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Norton, Wise, Coeburn, Appalachia, Pound, St. Paul and Pardee. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3713 8255 3703 8248 3698 8237 3696 8236
      3697 8233 3691 8230 3691 8232 3690 8232
      3691 8278 3701 8278 3703 8275 3704 8274
      3705 8272 3712 8272 3714 8268 3715 8255
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 266DEG 26KT 3701 8264 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DH
1 follow-up statement
095 
WWUS54 KMRX 212317
SVSMRX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
717 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021

VAC720-212327-
/O.CAN.KMRX.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-210621T2330Z/
City of Norton VA-
717 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE CITY OF NORTON IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3713 8255 3703 8248 3698 8237 3696 8236
      3697 8233 3694 8238 3694 8246 3695 8254
      3697 8259 3700 8264 3705 8272 3705 8265
      3711 8264 3715 8255
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 266DEG 26KT 3702 8248 

$$

VAC195-212330-
/O.CON.KMRX.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-210621T2330Z/
Wise VA-
717 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL WISE COUNTY...

At 717 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Wise, moving
east at 30 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Wise, Coeburn and Pound. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3713 8255 3703 8248 3698 8237 3696 8236
      3697 8233 3694 8238 3694 8246 3695 8254
      3697 8259 3700 8264 3705 8272 3705 8265
      3711 8264 3715 8255
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 266DEG 26KT 3702 8248 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXLee41 min
Jun 21, 6:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXWashington, City of Bristol39 min
Jun 21, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXWise, City of Norton38 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.