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Special Weather Statement, NWS Morristown, TN

June 13, 2021Hawkins County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this special weather statement at Jun 13, 2021, 10:37 PM EDT for Hawkins County, Tennessee. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jun 13, 2021, 10:37 PM EDT (02:37 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2021, 11:00 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN

County Hawkins County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 274 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: 167 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1258 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 33 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 13, 10:15 PM EDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 10:15 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 3:25 PM EDT, 7 hours 12 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Morristown TN
325 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-141930-
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-
325 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021 /225 PM CDT Sun Jun 13 2021/

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

A broken line of scattered showers and thunderstorms will move
into the region from the north this evening. These storms are
expected to weaken into the late evening hours, however a few
strong to severe storms are possible north of interstate 40. The
primary hazards with any of the stronger storms will be damaging
winds and large hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not needed at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 9:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
908 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021

VAZ006-140200-
Russell VA-
908 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY UNTIL
1000 PM EDT...

At 907 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Glen Burke, or 8 miles northwest of Richlands, moving southeast at 30
mph.

Pea size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Honaker, Dye and Rosedale.

LAT...LON 3711 8189 3704 8182 3696 8178 3695 8182
      3689 8189 3688 8192 3706 8204 3707 8202
      3709 8202 3712 8201 3713 8199 3712 8197
      3713 8196 3713 8193 3714 8190
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 325DEG 25KT 3716 8193

SR

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 9:39 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
939 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021

TNZ012-140215-
Scott TN-
939 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY UNTIL
1015 PM EDT...

At 939 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Oneida, moving south at 25 mph.

Pea size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Oneida, Huntsville, Helenwood, Winfield and Robbins.

LAT...LON 3659 8440 3638 8436 3636 8459 3660 8456
      3660 8440
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 358DEG 21KT 3657 8449

BW

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 10:00 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 13, 10:26 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 13, 10:37 PM EDT, 0 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 13, 9:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Campbell, Scott	36 min
Jun 13, 9:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Scott	36 min
Jun 13, 10:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Hamilton	30 min
Jun 13, 10:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Marion	19 min
Jun 13, 10:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Greene	31 min
Jun 13, 11:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Greene	48 min
Jun 14, 12:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Hawkins	23 min
Jun 14, 12:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Union	34 min
Jun 14, 1:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Union	36 min
Jun 14, 1:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Loudon	25 min
Jun 14, 2:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Knox	36 min
Jun 14, 2:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Hamblen	38 min
Jun 14, 2:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Blount, Knox, Loudon	32 min
Jun 14, 3:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Marion	28 min
Jun 13, 9:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Russell	52 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.