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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Morristown, TN

November 30, 1996Wise County, Virginia

NWS Morristown, TN issued this flash flood warning at Nov 30, 1996, 11:43 PM EST for Wise County, Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 30, 1996, 11:43 PM EST (04:43 UTC)
Expired
Dec 1, 1996, 2:45 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Wise County, VA

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

NWS Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Nov 30, 9:16 PM EST, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 9:16 PM EST, 2 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN
910 PM EST SAT NOV 30 1996

NOT MUCH TIME TO LOOK AT ANYTHING DUE TO MULTIPLE WARNINGS.  KMRX 88D
IS SHOWING A BREAK IN THE PCPN ACROSS THE PLATEAU AND CNTRL AND SRN
VLYS.  HOWEVER MORE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE IN LATER TONIGHT
AHEAD OF THE DIFFLUENT S/W TROUGH MOVING THROUGH TX AND OK.  TROPICAL
CONNECTION...LOW LVL THETA-E RDG...LLJ BETWEEN 40 AND 50 KNOTS ALONG
WITH IMPRESIVE UVVS WILL KEEP THE THREAT FOR MORE FLOODING TONIGHT AND
TMW MORNING ACROSS MOST OF MY CWA.

MB

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 30, 10:51 PM EST, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN
1031 PM EST SAT NOV 30 1996

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

400 PM                               TN   FLOODING
11/30/96   CUMBERLAND                     MANY SECONDARY ROADS UNDER
                                          WATER AND CLOSED

420 PM                               TN   FLOODING
11/30/96   MORGAN                         SOME SECONDARY ROADS CLOSED
                                          DUE TO FLOODING

455 PM                               TN   FLOODING
11/30/96   FENTRESS                       ROADS CLOSED DUE TO RISING
                                          WATER...ESPECIALLY IN THE
                                          SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY

455 PM                               TN   FLOODING
11/30/96   SCOTT                          SOME SECONDARY ROADS UNDER
                                          WATER. LOCALIZED FLOODING IN
                                          ONEIDA.

545 PM                               TN   FLOODING
11/30/96   CLAIBORNE                      2 BRIDGES UNDER WATER. 4
                                          HOMES FLOODED.

745 PM                               TN   FLOODING
11/30/96   FENTRESS                       7 ROADS CLOSED. SMALL
                                          BRIDGES AND LOW SPOTS
                                          FLOODED.

745 PM     BIG STONE GAP             VA   FLOODING
11/30/96   WISE                           FOUR FEET OF WATER IN A
                                          PARKING LOT

745 PM                               TN   FLOODING
11/30/96   SCOTT                          EVACUATION OF SOME HOMES. 13
                                          ROADS CLOSED.

745 PM                               TN   FLOODING
11/30/96   MORGAN                         MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING
                                          AREAS REPORTED.

800 PM                               TN   FLOODING
11/30/96   SCOTT                          FOUR FT OF WATER IN RIGGS
                                          CHAPEL CHURCH. WATER OVER
                                          MANY ROADS.

850 PM                               VA   FLOODING
11/30/96   LEE                            MANY STREAMS REPORTED TO BE
                                          OUT OF THEIR BANKS.

915 PM                               VA   FLOODING
11/30/96   LEE                            NORTH FORK OF POWELL RIVER
                                          OUT OF ITS BANKS...2 FT FROM
                                          ROUTE 606.

930 PM     BIG STONE GAP             VA   FLOODING
11/30/96   WISE                           1 1/2 FEET OF WATER ON ROADS
                                          WEST OF BIG STONE GAP AND
                                          RISING RAPIDLY.
Local storm report, Nov 30, 11:05 PM EST, 38 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 30, 7:37 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningMRXFentress, Morgan, Scott3 hr
Nov 30, 7:37 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningMRXCampbell, Claiborne3 hr
Nov 30, 11:43 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningMRXClaiborne3 hr
Nov 30, 11:43 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningMRXMorgan, Scott3 hr
Dec 1, 1:54 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningMRXCumberland5 hr
Dec 1, 2:24 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningMRXCampbell5 hr
Dec 1, 2:46 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningMRXCampbell, Fentress, Morgan, Scott6 hr
Dec 1, 2:46 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningMRXCumberland, Roane6 hr
Dec 1, 2:46 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningMRXClaiborne6 hr
Dec 1, 8:55 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningMRXCampbell, Claiborne3 hr
Dec 1, 8:55 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningMRXMorgan, Roane3 hr
Nov 30, 7:19 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningMRXWise4 hr
Nov 30, 8:25 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningMRXScott3 hr
Nov 30, 10:03 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningMRXLee3 hr
Dec 1, 1:00 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningMRXLee, Scott5 hr
Dec 1, 2:46 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningMRXLee, Scott, Wise6 hr
Dec 1, 8:55 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningMRXWise3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.