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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 6, 2025, 5:21 PM EST for Lee County, Scott County, Virginia. It was in force for 14 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
- Feb 6, 2025, 5:21 PM EST (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2025, 5:35 PM EST
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Lee County, VA, Scott County, VA
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 274 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 438 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 395 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 415 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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 Feb 6, 3:46 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 3:46 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 6, 3:06 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Morristown TN 306 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2025 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-072015- 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- 306 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2025 /206 PM CST Thu Feb 6 2025/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest North Carolina...east Tennessee and southwest Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop and move through the area late this afternoon through tonight, then taper off around or just after midnight. A few strong to severe storms will be possible during this period. Damaging winds are the main threat, though large hail up to an inch is also a low risk along with a very low risk of a tornado. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday A wet pattern is expected into the middle of next week. Some flooding issues will be possible particularly Monday night through Wednesday when 1.5 to 3 inches of rain is expected areawide. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not needed at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 6, 3:06 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
306 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2025
VAZ008-062045-
Washington VA-
306 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WASHINGTON COUNTY AND THE
NORTHEASTERN CITY OF BRISTOL THROUGH 345 PM EST...
At 306 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Abingdon, moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Bristol Va, Abingdon, Glade Spring, Damascus, Holston,
Emory-Meadowview, Hilander Park, Benhams, and Konnarock.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3662 8161 3661 8163 3661 8175 3662 8231
3671 8233 3677 8221 3680 8171 3664 8161
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 275DEG 49KT 3672 8188
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
JLBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 9:26 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Wise | 49 min |
| Feb 6, 9:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Wise, City of Norton | 45 min |
| Feb 6, 10:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Washington, Wise | 40 min |
| Feb 6, 11:04 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Russell, Washington, Wise, City of Norton | 3 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:06 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Washington | 39 min |
| Feb 6, 4:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 57 min |
| Feb 6, 5:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Wise, City of Norton | 52 min |
| Feb 6, 5:49 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Scott | 41 min |
| Feb 6, 5:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Clay | 34 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.