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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Morristown, TN

March 27, 1994Lee County, Virginia

NWS Morristown, TN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 27, 1994, 6:05 AM EST for Lee County, Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 1994, 6:05 AM EST (11:05 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 1994, 9:00 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Lee County, VA

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, Mar 27, 1:22 AM EST, 4 hours 43 minutes before
MOC003-005-013-021-025-033-037-047-049-061-063-075-079-081-083-
087-095-101-107-117-129-147-165-171-177-185-211-227-KSC043-091-
103-209-270825-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE   TN
121 AM EST SUN MAR 27 1994

...STRONG WINDS IN THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS...

DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS THE WINDS HAVE INCREASED
SUBSTANTIALLY FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST IN THE SMOKY
MOUNTAINS. WIND SPEEDS AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET WILL
BE IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH INTO THE AFTERNOON.

IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS...SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS
WILL OCCUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL NOT LIKELY OCCUR UNTIL AFTER
4 AM.

DURING THE PAST HOUR AT MCGHEE-TYSON AIRPORT THE WINDS HAVE
SHIFTED TO THE SOUTH AND INCREASED FROM 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 26 MPH AND THE TEMPERATURE INCREASED BY 10 DEGREES.

WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS OVER MOST OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU
AND OVER EAST TENNEESSE GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM NORRIS LAKE
TO TELLICO PLAINS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 1:41 AM EST, 4 hours 24 minutes before
TNC011>014-035>041-066>074-086-087-270825-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTED FOR CODING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE   TN
121 AM EST SUN MAR 27 1994

...STRONG WINDS IN THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNT
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 1:43 AM EST, 4 hours 22 minutes before
TNZ011>014-035>041-066>074-086-087-270825-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTED FOR CODING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE   TN
121 AM EST SUN MAR 27 1994

...STRONG WINDS IN THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS...

DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS THE WINDS HAVE INCREASED
SUBSTANTIALLY FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST IN THE SMOKY
MOUNTAINS. WIND SPEEDS AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET WILL
BE IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH INTO THE AFTERNOON.

IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS...SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS
WILL OCCUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL NOT LIKELY OCCUR UNTIL AFTER
4 AM.

DURING THE PAST HOUR AT MCGHEE-TYSON AIRPORT THE WINDS HAVE
SHIFTED TO THE SOUTH AND INCREASED FROM 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 26 MPH AND THE TEMPERATURE INCREASED BY 10 DEGREES.
WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS OVER MOST OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU
AND OVER EAST TENNEESSE GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM NORRIS LAKE
TO TELLICO PLAINS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 6:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMonroe31 min
Mar 27, 6:05 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningMRXBuchanan, Dickenson, Wise3 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.