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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2025, 12:14 PM EDT for Hawkins County, Sullivan County, Tennessee; Scott County, Virginia. It was in force for 46 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 26, 2025, 12:14 PM EDT (16:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2025, 1:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hawkins County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Scott County, VA
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 249 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
- 963 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1181 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
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 26, 7:22 AM EDT, 4 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 7:22 AM EDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Morristown TN 140 AM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-270545- 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- 140 AM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025 /1240 AM CDT Thu Jun 26 2025/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest North Carolina...east Tennessee and southwest Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Heat index values are forecast to reach near 105 across the southern and central Tennessee Valley, and southern Plateau Thursday. A Heat Advisory is in effect. Isolated severe storms are possible this afternoon and evening, with the main hazards being damaging winds and localized flash flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday Afternoon and evening thunderstorms are likely through the weekend. Isolated severe storms are possible each day, with the main hazards being damaging winds and localized flash flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Due to the limited coverage of severe storms, spotter activation is not needed at this time. However, any storm reports are appreciated.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 11:29 AM EDT, 45 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 8:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Morgan | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 5:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | McMinn | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 6:25 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | McMinn | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | McMinn | 113 min |
| Jun 26, 11:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Washington | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 12:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Carter, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 12:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Washington | 38 min |
| Jun 26, 2:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Johnson, Sullivan | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Grainger | 45 min |
| Jun 26, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Campbell | 43 min |
| Jun 26, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Roane | 53 min |
| Jun 26, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Rhea | 43 min |
| Jun 26, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Rhea, Roane | 19 min |
| Jun 26, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Marion | 40 min |
| Jun 26, 12:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Scott | 43 min |
| Jun 26, 12:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott | 43 min |
| Jun 26, 12:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | City of Bristol | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Clay | 68 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.