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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Morristown, TN

April 30, 2025Hancock County, Hawkins County, Tennessee; Lee County, Virginia

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2025, 4:57 PM EDT for Hancock County, Hawkins County, Tennessee; Lee County, Virginia. It was in force for 48 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: Apr 30, 2025, 4:57 PM EDT (20:57 UTC)
Expired: Apr 30, 2025, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hancock County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Lee County, VA

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 325 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 885 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Apr 30, 2:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 2:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 2:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 30, 1:48 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
148 PM EDT Wed Apr 30 2025

TNZ035-301815-
Morgan TN-
148 PM EDT Wed Apr 30 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY THROUGH
215 PM EDT...

At 147 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Wartburg, moving northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 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...
Wartburg, Frozen Head State Park, and Petros.

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.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
office in Morristown.

&&

LAT...LON 3628 8462 3627 8460 3628 8459 3627 8459
      3626 8457 3623 8457 3623 8454 3620 8447
      3616 8444 3614 8445 3612 8443 3599 8465
      3608 8477
TIME...MOT...LOC 1747Z 218DEG 18KT 3612 8463

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

KS

Special weather statement, Apr 30, 2:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 30, 2:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 30, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Morgan	27 min
Apr 30, 1:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Morgan, Scott	38 min
Apr 30, 2:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Campbell	36 min
Apr 30, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Scott	48 min
Apr 30, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Unicoi	50 min
Apr 30, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Sevier	41 min
Apr 30, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Carter	39 min
Apr 30, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Cocke	52 min
Apr 30, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Carter	44 min
Apr 30, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Cocke	48 min
Apr 30, 6:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Greene	38 min
Apr 30, 6:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Carter	44 min
Apr 30, 6:53 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Cocke	112 min
Apr 30, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Greene	49 min
Apr 30, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Russell, Washington	48 min

Nearby

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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.