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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 1, 2022, 9:55 PM EST for Bradley County, Hamilton County, Marion County, Tennessee. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 1, 2022, 9:55 PM EST (02:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2022, 10:45 PM EST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bradley County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Marion County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 7:53 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 702 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 89 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -302 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jan 1, 9:39 PM EST, 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 9:39 PM EST, 16 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Morristown TN 417 PM EST Sat Jan 1 2022 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-022130- 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- 417 PM EST Sat Jan 1 2022 /317 PM CST Sat Jan 1 2022/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest North Carolina...east Tennessee and southwest Virginia. .DAY ONE...Tonight Strong winds continue this afternoon with wind gusts above 40 mph across the entire region. Please see the Wind Advisory and High Wind Warning for additional information. Severe thunderstorms are expected this evening into tonight with damaging wind gusts, heavy rainfall rates, and isolated tornadoes possible. The main risk will be across the Cumberland Plateau and southeast Tennessee. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday Colder air arrives Sunday. Lingering rain showers will turn to snow showers Sunday evening across the area before tapering off early Monday morning. Snow accumulations will be possible across the mountains of East Tennessee, southwest Virginia, and southwest North Carolina. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter reports may be needed for severe weather and flash flooding this evening and tonight.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 1, 7:01 PM EST, 2 hours 54 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
701 PM EST Sat Jan 1 2022
TNZ015-VAZ001-005-020045-
Hancock TN-Scott VA-Lee VA-
701 PM EST Sat Jan 1 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern
Hancock, southeastern Lee and southwestern Scott Counties through 745
PM EST...
At 700 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Jonesville, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Jonesville, Duffield, Clinchport, Kyles Ford and Pattonsville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EST for east
Tennessee...and southwestern Virginia.
&&
LAT...LON 3659 8267 3659 8284 3657 8289 3655 8328
3670 8326 3673 8269
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 257DEG 40KT 3662 8317
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
SRLocal storm report, Jan 1, 7:43 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 7:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Sequatchie | 65 min |
| Jan 1, 7:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Meigs, Morgan, Rhea, Roane | 44 min |
| Jan 1, 8:07 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Marion | 53 min |
| Jan 1, 9:41 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton | 49 min |
| Jan 1, 9:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Grainger | 45 min |
| Jan 1, 10:44 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Polk | 46 min |
| Jan 2, 12:49 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie | 4 hr |
| Jan 2, 4:03 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne and 22 more | 30 hr |
| Jan 2, 4:03 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Bledsoe, Bradley, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger and 15 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 2, 9:06 AM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Hancock | 22 hr |
| Jan 2, 9:06 AM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock | 22 hr |
| Jan 1, 7:01 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Lee | 44 min |
| Jan 2, 9:06 AM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Russell, Scott, Wise | 11 hr |
| Jan 2, 2:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 27 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.