Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 1995, 4:41 PM EDT for Campbell County, Union County, Tennessee. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1995, 4:41 PM EDT (20:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1995, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Campbell County, TN, Union County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 235 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
- 874 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 343 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 359 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTYS 132041 FFWTYS TNC013-173-132245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE TN 441 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KNOXVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL TENNESSEE ...CAMPBELL COUNTY...UNION COUNTY IN THE PAST 2 HOURS RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM IFLOWS AND DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE VALUES HAVE BEEN REACHED AND EXCEEDED IN SOME AREAS OF CAMPBELL AND UNION COUNTIES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES ACROSS THE NORTH PART OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND ALL OF MIDDLE EAST TENNESSEE UNTIL 11PM EDT/10PM CDT. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMRALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. NNNN
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, May 13, 12:48 PM EDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
TTAAVA KTRI 131648 VAZ001-002-110000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...AND RADAR SUMMARY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRISTOL TN ISSUED BY KNOXVILLE TRI CITY TN 1238 PM EDT SUN MAY 13 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TILL 5 PM FOR HANCOCK COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR HANCOCK COUNTY TILL 5 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS..LARGE HAIL..GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. TRI-CITIES RADAR DETECTED RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OCCURING IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY AND OVER THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAUOF TENNESSE. AN INTENSE STORM WAS OCCURRING WEST OF TAZEWELL TENNESSEE. MOVEMENT OF STORM WAS EAST AT 40 MPH.
Special weather statement, May 13, 1:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
TTAAVA KTRI 131730 VAZ001-002-110000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRISTOL TN ISSUED BY KNOXVILLE TRI CITY TN 138 PM EDT SUN MAY 13 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TILL 5 PM FOR HANCOCK COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR HANCOCK COUNTY TILL 5 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS..LARGE HAIL..GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, May 13, 4:11 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
TNZ046-047-042-043-015-016-018-017-045-044-VAZ001-006-005-008-002- 132115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRISTOL TN ISSUED BY KNOXVILLE TRI CITY TN 410 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT FOR LEE AND HANCOCK COUNTIES... AT 404 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EASTERN CARTER...EASTERN SULLIVAN...WASHINGTON... AND GREENE COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST TENNESSEE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN BRISTOL...JOHNSON CITY... GREENEVILLE...AND SURROUNDING CITIES CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN... STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. ONE HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE-HALF AND ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED WHICH WILL PRODUCE PONDING ON AREA ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALLIZED FLOODING. REMEMBER...DO NOT CROSS WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT FOR SAFE PASSAGE. A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED ACROSS THE REST OF NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. THIS AREA OF STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL WARNINGS. DH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 10:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cumberland, Fentress | 55 min |
| May 13, 10:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Pickett | 55 min |
| May 13, 10:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan | 68 min |
| May 13, 11:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 41 min |
| May 13, 12:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Union | 69 min |
| May 13, 12:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell | 67 min |
| May 13, 1:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hancock, Hawkins | 56 min |
| May 13, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Pickett | 42 min |
| May 13, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Fentress | 58 min |
| May 13, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan, Scott | 47 min |
| May 13, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter | 53 min |
| May 13, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell | 57 min |
| May 13, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Union | 49 min |
| May 13, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene | 26 min |
| May 13, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamblen, Jefferson | 34 min |
| May 13, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene | 65 min |
| May 13, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 54 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.