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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Morristown, TN

June 11, 2023Lee County, Virginia

NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2023, 8:23 PM EDT for Lee County, Virginia. It was in force for 37 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: Jun 11, 2023, 8:23 PM EDT (00:23 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2023, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Lee County, VA

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 11, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 296 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: 119 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 845 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

064 
WFUS54 KMRX 120023
TORMRX
VAC105-120100-
/O.NEW.KMRX.TO.W.0021.230612T0023Z-230612T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Morristown TN
823 PM EDT Sun Jun 11 2023

The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Lee County in southwestern Virginia...

* Until 900 PM EDT.
    
* At 823 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Cubage, or 13 miles southwest of Harlan, moving
  east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. 
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree 
           damage is likely.

* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southwestern Lee County, including the following locations... Ewing
  and Rose Hill.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3674 8319 3663 8315 3663 8351 3667 8351
      3667 8349 3666 8348 3667 8342 3670 8334
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 263DEG 23KT 3667 8344 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN

$$

JLB

2 follow-up statements

362 
WWUS54 KMRX 120031 RRA
SVSMRX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
831 PM EDT Sun Jun 11 2023

VAC105-120100-
/O.CON.KMRX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-230612T0100Z/
Lee VA-
831 PM EDT Sun Jun 11 2023

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL LEE COUNTY...
    
At 831 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Hensley Store, or 11 miles south of Harlan, moving
east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
         shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage 
         to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree damage is 
         likely.

Locations impacted include...
Rose Hill and Ewing. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3674 8319 3665 8317 3665 8344 3667 8343
      3667 8342 3670 8334
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 263DEG 23KT 3668 8337 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN

$$

JLB

754 
WWUS54 KMRX 120045
SVSMRX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
845 PM EDT Sun Jun 11 2023

VAC105-120100-
/O.CON.KMRX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-230612T0100Z/
Lee VA-
845 PM EDT Sun Jun 11 2023

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
LEE COUNTY...
    
At 845 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Smith, or 7 miles west of Jonesville, moving east at
25 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
         shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage 
         to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree damage is 
         likely.

Locations impacted include...
Rose Hill.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3667 8317 3668 8332 3671 8332 3674 8319
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 263DEG 23KT 3669 8325 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN

$$

JLB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 11, 8:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Lee, Scott	51 min
Jun 11, 8:54 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Lee	37 min
Jun 11, 9:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Lee, Scott, Wise, City of Norton	55 min
Jun 11, 9:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Lee, Scott, Wise, City of Norton	50 min
Jun 11, 10:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Lee	38 min
Jun 11, 10:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Lee	35 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.