Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Morristown, TN

Issued

Jan 26, 1996, 11:42 PM EST (04:42 UTC)

Expired

Jan 27, 1996, 4:00 AM EST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Morristown, TN

Area

Whole counties

County Carter County, TN

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

000 
TTAA00 KMRX 270442
FFWMRX
TNC019-270845-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE TRI CITIES TN
1142 PM EST FRI JAN 26 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KNOXVILLE TRI CITIES HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 4 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST TENNESSEE
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN CARTER COUNTY
 
HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES IN SOUTHEAST CARTER COUNTY. OVER AN INCH HAS FALLEN
IN THE LAST 3 HOURS. NEARLY 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN SINCE FRIDAY MORNING.
THE HEADWATERS OF THE DOE RIVER ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE RAINFALL FOR THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THE DOE RIVER AT ROAN MOUNTAIN COULD REACH BANKFULL
STAGE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SATURDAY AND POSSIBLY OVERFLOW
ITS BANKS.
 
BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER AND BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
JP/HSA

NWS Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jan 26, 8:31 PM EST, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN
830 PM EST FRI JAN 26 1996

BUSY NIGHT. FLASH FLOOD WATCH AND WIND ADVISORY ARE WORKING OUT WELL.
CPL OF FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS NOW IN EFFECT...AND KMRX 88D SHOWING 40-45
KT WINDS AT MT ELEVATIONS. VALLEY LOW TEMPS A BIT TRICKY. DEWPTS IN
THE LOWER 40S ATTM. W/STRONG SRLY FLOW AND WIDESPREAD RAIN DON'T
EXPECT MUCH MORE OF A FALL. WOULD PREFER UPPER 30S TRI AREA TO LOWER
40S CHA. FROPA WL PASS CSV BEFORE 12Z. HOWEVER MID 20S SOUNDS TOO LOW
THERE AS WELL. WOULD PREFER AROUND 30. WINDS TAKING FOREVER TO MIX
DOWN HERE IN THE VALLEY. BELIEVE WINDS WL REACH THEIR FCSTD SPEEDS SO
ONLY CHG WOULD BE TO ADD "BECOMING".

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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.