Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this flash flood warning at Dec 1, 1996, 2:46 AM EST for Lee County, Scott County, Wise County, Virginia. It was in force for 6 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
- Dec 1, 1996, 2:46 AM EST (07:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 1, 1996, 8:45 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lee County, VA, Scott County, VA, Wise County, VA
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:47 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 270 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
- 489 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 431 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 504 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 KMRX 010749 FFWMRX TNC013-025-035-049-129-145-151-VAC105-169-195-011345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE TRI CITIES TN 246 AM EST (146 AM CST) SUN DEC 1 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KNOXVILLE TRI CITIES HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 AM EST (745 AM CST) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST TENNESSEE ...CAMPBELL COUNTY...CLAIBORNE COUNTY...CUMBERLAND COUNTY ...FENTRESS COUNTY...MORGAN COUNTY...ROANE COUNTY...SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ...LEE COUNTY...SCOTT COUNTY...WISE COUNTY AS OF 245 AM EST WIDESPREAD FLOODING CONTINUED TO OCCUR ACROSS MOST OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. MANY ROADS REMAIN TOTALLY IMPASSABLE DUE TO STANDING OR RISING WATER. ALSO NUMEROUS SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS REMAIN ABOVE THEIR BANKS. SINCE THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO CONTINUE. 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 SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP 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.
NWS Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Nov 30, 9:16 PM EST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 9:16 PM EST, 5 hours 30 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, 3 hours 55 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, 3 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN
1100 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.
830 PM CLAIRFIELD TN FLOODING
11/30/96 CLAIBORNE CLAIRFIELD COMMUNITY
COMPLETELY CUT-OFF DUE TO
RISING WATER FROM
SURROUNDING CREEKS AND ROCK
SLIDES
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 R0OADS
WEST OF BIG STONE GAP AND
RISING RAPIDLY.The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 7:19 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Wise | 4 hr |
| Nov 30, 8:25 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Scott | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 10:03 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Lee | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 11:43 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Wise | 3 hr |
| Dec 1, 1:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott | 5 hr |
| Dec 1, 8:55 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Wise | 3 hr |
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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.