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Special Weather Statement, NWS Morristown, TN

June 8, 2021Cherokee County, North Carolina

NWS Morristown, TN issued this special weather statement at Jun 8, 2021, 9:28 PM EDT for Cherokee County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 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 8, 2021, 9:28 PM EDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2021, 10:15 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN

County Cherokee County, NC

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 59 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -226 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1031 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 8, 7:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 7:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 3:47 PM EDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Morristown TN
347 PM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-092000-
Cherokee-Clay-Scott-Campbell-Claiborne-Hancock-Hawkins-Sullivan-
Johnson-Morgan-Anderson-Union-Grainger-Hamblen-Northwest Cocke-
Cocke Smoky Mountains-Northwest Greene-Southeast Greene-
Washington-Unicoi-Northwest Carter-Southeast Carter-Roane-Loudon-
Knox-Jefferson-Northwest Blount-Blount Smoky Mountains-
North Sevier-Sevier Smoky Mountains-Sequatchie-Bledsoe-Rhea-Meigs-
McMinn-Northwest Monroe-Southeast Monroe-Marion-Hamilton-Bradley-
West Polk-East Polk-Lee-Wise-Russell-
347 PM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021 /247 PM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest North
Carolina...east Tennessee and southwest Virginia.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Localized heavy rainfall and strong winds will be possible over
the northern Tennessee valley, northeastern Tennessee mountains,
and southwest Virginia through this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

Showers and thunderstorms will produce locally heavy rainfall this
week, which may produce flash flooding, particularly on Wednesday
and Thursday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not needed at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:57 PM EDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
357 PM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021

TNZ016-017-042-044-082045-
Sullivan TN-Washington TN-Northwest Greene TN-Hawkins TN-
357 PM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN SULLIVAN...NORTHEASTERN
HAWKINS...NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND CENTRAL GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL
445 PM EDT...

At 356 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Greeneville, moving northeast at 40 mph.

Pea size hail and winds in excess of 45 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Johnson City, Kingsport, Greeneville, Jonesborough, Tusculum,
Spurgeon, Colonial Heights, Gray, Oak Grove and Church Hill.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3604 8282 3604 8285 3614 8303 3660 8268
      3660 8254 3646 8228
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 220DEG 33KT 3619 8286

DH

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:53 PM EDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:11 PM EDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:27 PM EDT, 4 hours 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:44 PM EDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:48 PM EDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 9:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie	64 min
Jun 8, 10:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Bledsoe, Hamilton, Sequatchie	55 min
Jun 8, 10:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	McMinn, Meigs, Monroe	60 min
Jun 8, 10:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Bledsoe, Rhea	54 min
Jun 8, 10:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Blount, Loudon, Meigs, Monroe, Roane	53 min
Jun 8, 11:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Roane	59 min
Jun 8, 11:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Anderson, Knox, Loudon, Morgan, Roane, Scott	66 min
Jun 8, 10:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Cherokee, Clay	43 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.