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Special Weather Statement, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this special weather statement at Oct 6, 2021, 8:35 AM CDT for Marion County, Tennessee. It was in force for 25 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
- Oct 6, 2021, 8:35 AM CDT (13:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2021, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 30
County Marion County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 131 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1243 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS84 KMRX 061335
SPSMRX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
835 AM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021
TNZ098-061400-
Marion TN-
835 AM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Marion
County through 900 AM CDT...
At 834 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
South Pittsburg, or 8 miles west of Jasper, moving northwest at 20
mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Jasper, South Pittsburg, Kimball, Monteagle, Orme, Fiery Gizzard
State Park and Foster Falls State Park.
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 3524 8584 3524 8582 3522 8577 3522 8573
3509 8560 3499 8574 3499 8584 3500 8587
3522 8586 3522 8587
TIME...MOT...LOC 1334Z 136DEG 16KT 3507 8578
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
$$
TDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 9:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Marion | 2 hr |
| Oct 6, 10:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Marion, Sequatchie | 102 min |
| Oct 6, 12:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Bledsoe, Hamilton, Sequatchie | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Bledsoe, Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Sequatchie | 9 hr |
| Oct 6, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Bledsoe | 46 min |
| Oct 6, 4:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe | 29 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.