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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Morristown, TN

February 6, 2025Lee County, Scott County, Virginia

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2025-02-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2025-02-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 395 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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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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

JLB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 6, 9:26 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMRXWise49 min
Feb 6, 9:59 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXWise, City of Norton45 min
Feb 6, 10:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXRussell, Washington, Wise40 min
Feb 6, 11:04 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXRussell, Washington, Wise, City of Norton3 hr
Feb 6, 3:06 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMRXWashington39 min
Feb 6, 4:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXLee57 min
Feb 6, 5:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXWise, City of Norton52 min
Feb 6, 5:49 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMRXScott41 min
Feb 6, 5:26 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMRXClay34 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.