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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2023, 2:53 PM EDT for Cherokee County, Clay County, North Carolina. It was in force for 52 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
- Jun 4, 2023, 2:53 PM EDT (18:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2023, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cherokee County, NC, Clay County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 941 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 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 Jun 4, 1:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 1:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Morristown TN 229 PM EDT Sun Jun 4 2023 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-051830- Cherokee-Clay-Scott TN-Campbell-Claiborne-Hancock-Hawkins- Sullivan-Johnson-Morgan-Anderson-Union-Grainger-Hamblen- Northwest Cocke-Cocke Smoky Mountains-Northwest Greene- Southeast Greene-Washington TN-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-Scott VA-Russell-Washington VA- 229 PM EDT Sun Jun 4 2023 /129 PM CDT Sun Jun 4 2023/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest North Carolina...east Tennessee and southwest Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening, with the best chances across the southern TN Valley and southwest NC. Any stronger storm(s) could produce damaging winds, downing trees and power lines, as well as hail up to dime size. Brief heavy rain and frequent lightning are also possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected across east Tennessee and southwest North Carolina Monday afternoon. Some of these storms could be strong producing strong and gusty winds. Otherwise, the probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Coverage of the storms will be limited thus spotter activation will likely not needed at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 1:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Blount | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Marion | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Polk | 51 min |
| Jun 4, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Marion | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Monroe, Polk | 42 min |
| Jun 4, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | McMinn | 52 min |
| Jun 4, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Claiborne | 48 min |
| Jun 4, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Bradley | 41 min |
| Jun 4, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Carter, Johnson | 42 min |
| Jun 4, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Loudon | 52 min |
| Jun 4, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | McMinn, Meigs | 44 min |
| Jun 4, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Bradley | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox, Loudon, Roane | 44 min |
| Jun 4, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Carter, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington | 52 min |
| Jun 4, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Hamilton | 44 min |
| Jun 4, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Greene, Hawkins, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington | 48 min |
| Jun 4, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Hamilton, Sequatchie | 43 min |
| Jun 4, 7:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Knox, Loudon, Roane | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene, Washington | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Lee | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Lee | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 1:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Cherokee | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Clay | 49 min |
| Jun 4, 2:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Cherokee | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Clay | 51 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.