Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1991
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this flash flood warning at Dec 1, 1991, 4:08 PM EST for Scott County, Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 1, 1991, 4:08 PM EST (21:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 1, 1991, 7:15 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Scott County, VA
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 184 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 524 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 333 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTRI 012110 FFWTRI VAC169-020015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRISTOL TN 408 PM EST SUN DEC 1 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BRISTOL HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ...SCOTT COUNTY FLOOD GUIDENCE HAS BEEN EXCEEDED IN SCOTT COUNTY. EMERGENCY SERVICES THERE HAVE REPORTED HIGHWAY FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTY. RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL AND WITH STREAMS NEAR BANKFULL...ANY RAIN CAN CAUSE FLOODING. THE WARNINGS FOR WISE AND BUCHANAN COUNTIES REMAIN IN EFFECT. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH M AY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 1, 11:24 AM EST, 4 hours 44 minutes before
TNZ001>005-016-VAZ008-009-013>016-KYZ006>009-WVZ003-004-006>008- NCZ006>013-SCZ001>004-GAZ002-221610- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRISTOL TN 1125 AM EST SUN DEC 1 1991 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON... AT 1125 AM...RAIN CONTINUED OVER TENNESSEE FROM CROSSVILLE EAST...OVER KENTUCKY FROM LEXINGTON EAST...OVER WEST VIRGINIA FROM CHARLE STON SOUTH...OVER VIRGINIA FROM BLACKS
Special weather statement, Dec 1, 11:26 AM EST, 4 hours 42 minutes before
TNZ001>005-016-VAZ008-009-013>016-KYZ006>009-WVZ003-004-006>008- NCZ006>013-SCZ001>004-GAZ002-221610- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRISTOL TN 1125 AM EST SUN DEC 1 1991 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON... AT 1125 AM...RAIN CONTINUED OVER TENNESSEE FROM CROSSVILLE EAST...OVER KENTUCKY FROM LEXINGTON EAST...OVER WEST VIRGINIA FROM CHARLESTON SOUTH...OVER VIRGINIA FROM BLACKSBURG WEST... AND A FEW PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN REMAINED OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Special weather statement, Dec 1, 12:25 PM EST, 3 hours 43 minutes before
TNZ001>005-016-VAZ008-009-013>016-KYZ006>009-WVZ003-004-006>008- NCZ006>013-SCZ001>004-GAZ002-221610- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRISTOL TN 1225 PM EST SUN DEC 1 1991 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON... AT 1225 PM...RAIN CONTINUED OVER TENNESSEE FROM COOKEVILLE EAST...OVER KENTUCKY FROM LEXINGTON EAST...OVER WEST VIRGINIA FROM CHARLESTON SOUTH...OVER VIRGINIA FROM ROANOKE WEST... AND A FEW PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN REMAINED OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Special weather statement, Dec 1, 1:27 PM EST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
TNZ001>005-016-VAZ008-009-013>016-KYZ006>009-WVZ003-004-006>008- NCZ006>013-SCZ001>004-GAZ002-221610- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRISTOL TN 125 PM EST SUN DEC 1 1991 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON... AT 125 PM...RAIN CONTINUED OVER TENNESSEE FROM COOKEVILLE EAST...OVER SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY FROM LAKE CUMBERLAND AND JACKSON EAST...OVER WEST VIRGINIA FROM CHARLESTON SOUTH...OVER VIRGINIA FROM ROANOKE WEST...AND A FEW PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN REMAINED OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Special weather statement, Dec 1, 2:25 PM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
TNZ001>005-016-VAZ008-009-013>016-KYZ006>009-WVZ003-004-006>008- NCZ006>013-SCZ001>004-GAZ002-221610- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRISTOL TN 225 PM EST SUN DEC 1 1991 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON... AT 225 PM...RAIN CONTINUED OVER TENNESSEE FROM COOKEVILLE EAST...OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...OVER WEST VIRGINIA FROM BECKLEY SOUTH...AND OVER VIRGINIA FROM ROANOKE WEST.
Special weather statement, Dec 1, 3:25 PM EST, 43 minutes before
TNZ001>005-016-VAZ008-009-013>016-KYZ006>009-WVZ003-004-006>008- NCZ006>013-SCZ001>004-GAZ002-221610- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRISTOL TN 325 PM EST SUN DEC 1 1991 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN WISE COUNTY IN VIRGINIA UNTIL 6 PM EST... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON... AT 325 PM...RAIN CONTINUED OVER ETENNESSEE FROM CROSSVILLE EAST...OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...OVER WEST VIRGINIA FROM BECKLEY SOUTH...OVER VIRGINIA FROM ROANOKE WEST...AND OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 2:58 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Wise | 3 hr |
| Dec 1, 3:36 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Buchanan | 3 hr |
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.