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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Morristown, TN

July 5, 20264 counties in Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2026, 12:56 PM EDT for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 49 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
Jul 5, 2026, 12:56 PM EDT (16:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2026, 1:45 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Anderson County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Knox County, TN, Union County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 318 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2026-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1885 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2026-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1885 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
995 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 10:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCarter, Johnson, Sullivan55 min
Jul 4, 11:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXJohnson, Sullivan3 hr
Jul 4, 11:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCarter, Johnson, Sullivan55 min
Jul 4, 11:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXJohnson53 min
Jul 4, 11:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXUnicoi, Washington63 min
Jul 4, 11:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCarter, Greene, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington50 min
Jul 4, 11:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMRXCarter, Sullivan3 hr
Jul 5, 12:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXSullivan50 min
Jul 5, 12:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXUnicoi47 min
Jul 5, 11:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXMorgan48 min
Jul 5, 12:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXAnderson42 min
Jul 5, 12:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXMeigs53 min
Jul 5, 12:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson, Knox, Roane47 min
Jul 5, 12:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXMarion40 min
Jul 5, 1:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXSequatchie39 min
Jul 5, 1:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXMarion45 min
Jul 5, 1:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXMeigs, Rhea115 min
Jul 5, 1:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXGrainger52 min
Jul 5, 1:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXHamilton49 min
Jul 5, 1:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXMarion42 min
Jul 5, 1:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHamilton, Sequatchie51 min
Jul 5, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBradley, Hamilton42 min
Jul 5, 1:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBledsoe, Sequatchie3 hr
Jul 5, 2:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBledsoe, Hamilton, Rhea, Sequatchie116 min
Jul 5, 2:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXHamilton46 min
Jul 5, 2:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGreene, Hancock, Hawkins40 min
Jul 5, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXHamblen52 min
Jul 5, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXBradley, Hamilton51 min
Jul 5, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXBradley48 min
Jul 5, 2:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXKnox118 min
Jul 5, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXPolk46 min
Jul 5, 2:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBradley, McMinn, Polk117 min
Jul 5, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXHamblen67 min
Jul 5, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXHawkins64 min
Jul 5, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXHancock48 min
Jul 5, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXGreene54 min
Jul 5, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGreene, Unicoi, Washington42 min
Jul 5, 4:09 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXGreene, Hamblen, Unicoi, Washington2 hr
Jul 5, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXUnicoi50 min
Jul 5, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXCarter35 min
Jul 4, 10:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXWashington, City of Bristol39 min
Jul 4, 11:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXRussell66 min
Jul 4, 11:53 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMRXWashington, City of Bristol3 hr
Jul 5, 12:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXRussell43 min
Jul 5, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXCity of Norton44 min
Jul 5, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXWise, City of Norton51 min
Jul 5, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXCherokee52 min
Jul 5, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXClay46 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.