Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Morristown, TN

Issued

Jun 14, 1997, 2:59 PM EDT (18:59 UTC)

Expired

Jun 14, 1997, 6:00 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Morristown, TN

Area

Whole counties

County Scott County, TN

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KMRX 141859
FFWMRX
TNC151-142200-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE TRI CITIES TN
259 PM EDT (159 PM CDT) SAT JUN 14 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KNOXVILLE TRI CITIES HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EDT (500 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST TENNESSEE
 
   ...SCOTT COUNTY
 
AT 256 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SCOTT COUNTY PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS. RADAR
RAINFALL ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL DURING THE
PAST HOUR WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES INDICATED THAT SOME
ROADS WERE BECOMING COVERED WITH WATER.  ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAINS ARE LIKELY FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO WHICH WILL LIKELY MAKE
THE FLASH FLOODING WORSE.
 
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.
 
 
 
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NWS Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 14, 2:15 PM EDT, 44 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN
215 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 1997

SATELLITE SHOWS A WELL DEFINED S/WV MOVING INTO NRN MIDDLE
TENNESSEE WITH THE SFC ANALYSIS SHOWING A TROUGH ACROSS THE
PLATEAU.  AMS ALONG AND EAST OF THIS TROUGH CONTINUES TO
DESTABILIZE WITH A SCT-BKN LINE OF STORMS OVER THE PLATEAU. EXPECT
A NEARLY SOLID LINE OF STORMS TO MOVE ACROSS THE TN VALLEY...MTNS...
SW VA...SW NC REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  DUE TO LOWER
MID-LVL TEMPS AND DECENT LO LVL SPEED SHEAR...SOME OF THESE STORMS
COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS
AND HAIL. ALSO...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY.

I EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS TO CONTINUE OVER THE TN VALLEY AND MTNS
UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN SUBSIDENCE BEHIND EXITING TROUGH WILL AID
IN CLEARING THE SKIES OVER THE AREA. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE RECENT
RAINS/SATURATED GROUND AREAS OF FOG AND LO CLOUDS WILL LIKELY
REDEVELOP.  SOME OF THE FOG COULD BECOME DENSE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
THE VALLEYS.

THE FOG AND LOW CLOUDS WILL DISSIPATE SUNDAY AS DRIER AIR FROM A SFC
HIGH OVER THE GREAT LAKES BUILDS INTO THE AREA. MOSTLY SUNNY TO
PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE ANTICIPATED.

ANOTHER NRN STREAM TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES FOR MONDAY
ALLOWING A COLD FRONT TO MOVE TOWARD THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY
BY LATE IN THE DAY. ALSO...SFC RIDGE WILL MOVE EAST ALLOWING WINDS
TO BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY. HOWEVER...SFC RIDGING EAST OF APPALACHIANS
WILL LIKELY KEEP BEST MOISTURE SOUTH OF THE REGION. SOME WIDELY
SCT SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE
CALL FOR PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES.

AS FOR TEMPS...GUIDANCE CLOSE AND REASONABLE FOR TONIGHT. WOULD FOLLOW
COOLER FAN LOWS FOR SUNDAY NIGHT. WOULD COMPROMISE ON HIGHS EACH DAY.

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