Alert archive / Tennessee / McMinn County
Weather alerts in McMinn County, Tennessee, 2016
102 weather alerts in 2016, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
McMinn County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 102
- Warnings
- 36
- Watches
- 11
- Advisories
- 19
- Busiest month
- November26 alerts
- Busiest day
- November 30, 201620 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
2 of 3 tornado warnings covering McMinn County in 2016 had a tornado report inside them; 3 of 3 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 29 minutes after it went out.
McMinn County, 2016
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 3 | 2 | 33% | 3 | 100% | 29 min |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 25 | 21 | 16% | 10 | 40% | 15 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 2 | 2 | 0% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2016
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Morristown, TN: tornado warnings | 12 | 4 | 67% | 5 | 100% | 24 min |
| NWS Morristown, TN: severe thunderstorm warnings | 215 | 159 | 26% | 274 | 83% | 20 min |
| NWS Morristown, TN: flash flood warnings | 12 | 8 | 33% | 14 | 71% | 36 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 5:07 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MRX | 41 hr |
| Jan 21, 5:21 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MRX | 56 hr |
| Feb 1, 2:50 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | 42 hr |
| Feb 2, 2:46 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | MRX | 6 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 45 min |
| Feb 3, 5:30 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 8:23 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | 3 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:32 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MRX | 3 days |
| Feb 15, 11:30 AM EST | Flood Watch | MRX | 16 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:38 PM EST | High Wind Warning | MRX | 21 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:38 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | 33 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:56 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | 49 min |
| Feb 24, 9:26 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:00 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Mar 1, 4:11 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | 64 min |
| Mar 13, 7:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | 3 hr |
| Mar 14, 12:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Mar 19, 10:04 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | MRX | 16 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:29 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | 19 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:09 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | MRX | 12 hr |
| Mar 21, 2:46 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | 19 hr |
| Mar 31, 9:14 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 18 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:26 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | 31 hr |
| Apr 6, 7:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 6, 9:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | 44 min |
| Apr 8, 3:40 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | MRX | 24 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:40 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | 30 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:27 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | 31 hr |
| Apr 22, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | 50 min |
| Apr 30, 5:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| May 1, 12:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | 39 min |
| May 4, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | 59 min |
| May 4, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | 55 min |
| Jun 3, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 34 min |
| Jun 3, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 12:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 13, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | 51 min |
| Jun 15, 4:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Jun 15, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | 28 min |
| Jun 17, 12:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 35 min |
| Jul 6, 5:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jul 6, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 48 min |
| Jul 6, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 50 min |
| Jul 6, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 33 min |
| Jul 7, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 51 min |
| Jul 7, 6:37 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Jul 7, 6:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | 47 min |
| Jul 8, 1:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jul 8, 1:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Jul 8, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 39 min |
| Jul 13, 9:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | 40 min |
| Jul 13, 9:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | 51 min |
| Jul 14, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 41 min |
| Jul 14, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 43 min |
| Jul 23, 12:13 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | 50 min |
| Jul 26, 9:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | 46 min |
| Jul 29, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | 57 min |
| Jul 30, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | 31 min |
| Aug 4, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | 52 min |
| Aug 18, 9:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 45 min |
| Aug 18, 9:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 45 min |
| Aug 27, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | 53 min |
| Aug 27, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 48 min |
| Oct 20, 4:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Nov 9, 3:09 PM EST | Frost Advisory | MRX | 18 hr |
| Nov 10, 3:21 PM EST | Frost Advisory | MRX | 17 hr |
| Nov 11, 3:38 PM EST | Freeze Watch | MRX | 23 hr |
| Nov 12, 2:52 PM EST | Frost Advisory | MRX | 18 hr |
| Nov 25, 6:46 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | MRX | 2 hr |
| Nov 27, 2:52 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | 40 hr |
| Nov 29, 11:11 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Nov 30, 12:54 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | 36 min |
| Nov 30, 1:20 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | 25 min |
| Nov 30, 1:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 24 min |
| Nov 30, 2:07 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 23 min |
| Nov 30, 2:29 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | 31 min |
| Nov 30, 3:54 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Nov 30, 4:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 33 min |
| Nov 30, 4:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 33 min |
| Nov 30, 4:53 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 52 min |
| Nov 30, 5:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 31 min |
| Nov 30, 5:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 30 min |
| Nov 30, 5:46 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 44 min |
| Nov 30, 5:51 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 6:10 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Nov 30, 6:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 35 min |
| Nov 30, 8:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | 42 min |
| Nov 30, 8:26 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 8:39 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 11:26 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | 3 hr |
| Dec 12, 12:51 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | 7 hr |
| Dec 16, 4:11 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | 51 hr |
| Dec 18, 2:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 18, 4:24 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Dec 27, 5:22 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | 83 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 25 |
| Tornado Warning | 3 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 3 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 14 |
| Special Weather Statement | 22 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 6 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 3 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 5 |
| Freeze Watch | 4 |
| Frost Advisory | 3 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 5 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 2 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.