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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Morristown, TN

May 23, 2026Bledsoe County, Marion County, Sequatchie County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2026, 10:30 PM CDT for Bledsoe County, Marion County, Sequatchie County, Tennessee. It was in force for 45 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: May 23, 2026, 10:30 PM CDT (03:30 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2026, 11:15 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bledsoe County, TN, Marion County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 237 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: 1137 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1089 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 36 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 May 23, 8:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 8:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 8:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 23, 7:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 7:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 7:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 10:03 PM CDT, 27 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
May 23, 7:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Bledsoe	45 min
May 23, 7:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Rhea, Roane	45 min
May 23, 7:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Scott	49 min
May 23, 8:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Scott	3 hr
May 23, 8:26 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	MRX	Blount, Cocke, Greene, Sevier, Unicoi	10 hr
May 23, 10:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Marion	42 min
May 24, 11:57 AM CDT	Flood Watch	MRX	Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter and 27 more	13 hr
May 24, 3:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Anderson, Knox, Loudon, Roane	3 hr
May 24, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie	51 min
May 24, 4:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Hamilton	46 min
May 24, 4:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	McMinn	51 min
May 24, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Meigs, Rhea	39 min
May 24, 5:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Bledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie	3 hr
May 24, 5:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Loudon, McMinn, Monroe	3 hr
May 24, 5:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Blount, Knox	3 hr
May 24, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Loudon	49 min
May 24, 6:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Loudon, McMinn, Monroe, Roane	3 hr
May 24, 6:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Anderson, Knox	57 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.