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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this winter storm warning at Jan 2, 2022, 4:03 AM EST for 28 counties in Tennessee; 7 counties in Virginia; Cherokee County, Clay County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 2, 2022, 11:00 PM EST. It was in force for 11 hr. 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 2, 2022, 4:03 AM EST (09:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 2, 2022, 11:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2022, 10:00 AM EST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
All 37 counties
Cherokee County, NC, Clay County, NC, Anderson County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Blount County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Carter County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Greene County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Loudon County, TN, Marion County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Polk County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Unicoi County, TN, Union County, TN, Washington County, TN, City of Bristol, VA, City of Norton, VA, Lee County, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Washington County, VA, Wise County, VA
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 280 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 winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 2, 12:33 AM EST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 12:33 AM EST, 3 hours 30 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
Local storm report, Jan 1, 10:29 PM EST, 5 hours 34 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, 9:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, Marion | 50 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 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 |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Tennessee, 2022Winter Storm Warnings in Virginia, 2022Winter Storm Warnings in North Carolina, 2022Every winter storm warning in 2022
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.