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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Morristown, TN

May 28, 1995Cumberland County, Fentress County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 1995, 8:27 AM CDT for Cumberland County, Fentress County, Tennessee. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 1995, 8:27 AM CDT (13:27 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1995, 10:30 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cumberland County, TN, Fentress County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:29 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 147 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1995-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 311 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1995-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 203 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
311 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
821 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMRX 281327
FFWTYS
TNC035-049-281530-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE TN
ISSUED BY KNOXVILLE/TRI CITIES TN
927 AM EDT (827 AM CDT) SUN MAY 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 AM EDT (1030 AM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST TENNESSEE
 
   ...CUMBERLAND COUNTY...FENTRESS COUNTY
 
AT 925 AM EDT DOPPLER RADAR IN MORRISTOWN TENNESSEE INDICATED AS MUCH AS
ONE INCH OF RAINFALL OVER WESTERN FENTRESS COUNTY DURING THE PAST HOUR.
MORE HEAVY RAINFALL WAS MOVING INTO FENTRESS AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES
FROM THE WEST AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING IN FLOOD PRONE
AREAS ACROSS THESE TWO COUNTIES.
 
 
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING 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
SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
 
GRC

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 28, 8:14 AM CDT, 13 minutes before
TNZ066-034-035-012-281515-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE TN
ISSUED BY KNOXVILLE TRI CITIES TN
913 AM EDT (813 AM CDT) SUN MAY 28 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...

AT 908 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN MORRISTOWN
TENNESSEE INDICATED AT LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG
WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...ENTERING THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF
FENTRESS...SCOTT...MORGAN AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED AS MUCH AS THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL DURING THE
PAST HOUR OVER THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF FENTRESS COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THE
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MILES
AN HOUR.

PEOPLE ACROSS THE PLATEAU AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THIS MORNING FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING THAT WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ALSO
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER IF YOU LIVE NEAR A FLOOD PRONE LOW
LYING AREA.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

COLE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBlount44 min
May 27, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXKnox, Sevier55 min
May 27, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGrainger, Jefferson69 min
May 27, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCocke, Hamblen39 min
May 27, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGrainger35 min
May 28, 1:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXFentress28 min
May 28, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXPickett38 min
May 28, 2:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMRXFentress66 min
May 28, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMorgan33 min
May 28, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson, Campbell, Scott65 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995

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.