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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Morristown, TN

August 1, 2021Blount County, Loudon County, Monroe County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2021, 2:10 AM EDT for Blount County, Loudon County, Monroe County, Tennessee. It was in force for 65 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
Aug 1, 2021, 2:10 AM EDT (06:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2021, 3:15 AM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Blount County, TN, Loudon County, TN, Monroe County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:11 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
Aug 1, 2:40 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Se Madisonville, TN2 TREES DOWN NEAR BALLPLAY ROAD.

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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 241 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 2021-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1106 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
1106 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1447 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
251 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
5.3

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The text

As transmitted.

367 
WUUS54 KMRX 010610
SVRMRX
TNC009-105-123-010715-
/O.NEW.KMRX.SV.W.0093.210801T0610Z-210801T0715Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Morristown TN
210 AM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Loudon County in east Tennessee...
  Southern Blount County in east Tennessee...
  Monroe County in east Tennessee...

* Until 315 AM EDT.

* At 210 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sweetwater,
  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...
  Sweetwater, Loudon, Madisonville, Smoky Mountains-Twentymile Creek,
  Smoky Mountains-Fontana Area, Vonore, Greenback, Philadelphia,
  Townsend and Fort Loudon State Park.

This includes Interstate 75 in Tennessee between mile markers 61 and
72.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3552 8447 3561 8453 3572 8451 3574 8447
      3569 8368 3569 8366 3563 8366 3556 8371
      3556 8377 3552 8383 3552 8388 3547 8392
      3543 8400 3541 8402 3537 8401 3535 8404
      3530 8402 3525 8409
TIME...MOT...LOC 0610Z 285DEG 26KT 3564 8443 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
624 
WWUS54 KMRX 010644
SVSMRX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
244 AM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

TNC009-105-123-010715-
/O.CON.KMRX.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-210801T0715Z/
Loudon TN-Blount TN-Monroe TN-
244 AM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LOUDON...SOUTHERN BLOUNT AND CENTRAL MONROE
COUNTIES...

At 243 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles east of
Madisonville, 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...
Madisonville, Smoky Mountains-Twentymile Creek, Smoky
Mountains-Fontana Area, Vonore, Greenback, Townsend, Fort Loudon
State Park, Tariffville, McGee Carson Peninsula and Happy Valley.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3548 8441 3565 8424 3569 8368 3569 8366
      3563 8366 3556 8371 3556 8377 3552 8383
      3552 8388 3547 8392 3543 8400 3541 8402
      3537 8401 3535 8404 3530 8402 3525 8409
TIME...MOT...LOC 0643Z 282DEG 23KT 3552 8421 

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 1:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie65 min
Aug 1, 1:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXMeigs, Rhea30 min
Aug 1, 1:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXLoudon, Monroe50 min
Aug 1, 2:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXBradley, Hamilton, Meigs, Rhea39 min
Aug 1, 4:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXJohnson31 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.