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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Morristown, TN

June 29, 2021McMinn County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2021, 4:20 PM EDT for McMinn County, Tennessee. It was in force for 40 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 29, 2021, 4:20 PM EDT (20:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2021, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County McMinn County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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
Jun 29, 4:50 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Nnw Niota, TNMULTIPLE TREES DOWN ALONG I75 NORTHBOUND AT MM57.

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 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 2021-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1387 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 2021-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 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
1387 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1208 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

807 
WUUS54 KMRX 292020
SVRMRX
TNC107-292100-
/O.NEW.KMRX.SV.W.0090.210629T2020Z-210629T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Morristown TN
420 PM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  McMinn County in east Tennessee...

* Until 500 PM EDT.

* At 420 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Etowah, or
  near Athens, moving northwest at 15 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Athens, Etowah, Englewood, Niota, Riceville, Clear Water, Hillsview
  and Dentville.

This includes Interstate 75 in Tennessee between mile markers 39 and
60.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3527 8464 3540 8484 3541 8482 3543 8482
      3560 8452 3558 8452 3558 8450 3547 8444
      3546 8445 3545 8444 3543 8444 3540 8443
      3540 8442 3533 8440 3532 8445 3527 8452
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 142DEG 12KT 3536 8456 

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

SR
2 follow-up statements
608 
WWUS54 KMRX 292041
SVSMRX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
441 PM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021

TNC107-292100-
/O.CON.KMRX.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-210629T2100Z/
McMinn TN-
441 PM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL MCMINN COUNTY...

At 441 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Athens, moving
northwest at 15 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Athens, Etowah, Englewood, Niota, Riceville, Clear Water and
Hillsview.

This includes Interstate 75 in Tennessee between mile markers 41 and
60.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3531 8464 3540 8484 3541 8482 3543 8482
      3560 8452 3558 8452 3558 8450 3547 8444
      3546 8445 3545 8444 3543 8444 3541 8445
      3541 8447 3539 8446 3538 8449 3535 8455
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 142DEG 12KT 3542 8461 

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

SR
129 
WWUS54 KMRX 292053
SVSMRX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
453 PM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021

TNC107-292103-
/O.EXP.KMRX.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-210629T2100Z/
McMinn TN-
453 PM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL MCMINN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 500 PM EDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3531 8464 3540 8484 3541 8482 3543 8482
      3560 8452 3558 8452 3558 8450 3547 8444
      3546 8445 3545 8444 3543 8444 3541 8445
      3541 8447 3539 8446 3538 8449 3535 8455
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 142DEG 12KT 3544 8463 

$$

SR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCampbell, Scott45 min
Jun 28, 8:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXMorgan44 min
Jun 28, 8:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXScott63 min
Jun 28, 9:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXMorgan51 min
Jun 28, 9:34 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXMorgan116 min
Jun 29, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXMcMinn43 min
Jun 29, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXLoudon28 min
Jun 29, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXRoane46 min
Jun 29, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXRoane23 min
Jun 29, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXAnderson44 min
Jun 29, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXRhea18 min
Jun 29, 6:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXCampbell40 min

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.