Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this flash flood warning at Feb 3, 1998, 11:53 AM EST for Hamilton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 12 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
- Feb 3, 1998, 11:53 AM EST (16:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 4, 1998, 12:00 AM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hamilton County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 1043 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 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 031705 FFWMRX TNC029-065-171-179-040500- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE TRI CITIES TN 1153 AM EST TUE FEB 3 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KNOXVILLE TRI CITIES HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST TENNESSEE THE SOUTH CHICKAMAUGA CREEK IN HAMILTON COUNTY... THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER IN COCKE COUNTY... THE NOLICHUCKY RIVER IN UNICOI COUNTY AND WASHINGTON COUNTY. HEAVY RAINS IN THE SOUTH CHICKAMAUGA CREEK BASIN WILL CAUSE THAT CREEK TO REACH FLOOD STAGE WEDNESDAY MORNING. HEAVY RAINS AND SNOW ON TOP OF SNOWPACK IN THE MOUNTAINS OF TENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA WILL CAUSE THE NOLICHUCKY RIVER AND THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER TO REACH FLOOD STAGE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. FOR THE SOUTH CHICKAMAUGA CREEK AT CHICKAMAUGA...TENNESSEE...FLOOD STAGE IS 18 FEET. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REACH FLOOD STAGE AROUND 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING. IT IS EXPECTED TO CREST NEAR 20 FEET AROUND 11 PM EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AT 18 FEET WATER BEGINS TO CROSS MACK SMITH ROAD IN THE EASTRIDGE AREA...AND THE CONFLUENCE OF THE SOUTH AND WEST CHICKAMAUGA CREEKS FLOODS. AT 19 FEET FLOODING OF MACK SMITH ROAD BECOM A DETERRANT TO TRAVEL. AT 20 FEET MACK SMITH ROAD IS CLOSED AND WATER CROSSES THE LOVELL FIELD LOOP AROUND THE NORTH END OF THE AIRPORT RUNWAY. AT LOWER STAGES...FLOODING CAN BECOME A PROBLEM ON THE WEST CHICKAMAUGA CREEK AND SPRING CREEK IN THE EASTRIDGE AREA. FOR THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER NEAR NEWPORT...TENNESSEE...FLOOD STAGE IS 10 FEET. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REACH FLOOD STAGE AROUND 8 PM EST TUESDAY NIGHT. IT IS EXPECTED TO CREST NEAR 14 FEET AROUND 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. AT FLOOD STAGE WATER FLOODS AGRICULTURAL LAND AROUND HIGHWAY 321 WHERE IT CROSSES THE RIVER. THE ROADWAY IS NOT AFFECTED. MORE AGRICULTURAL FLOODING OCCURS AT 14 FEET...HOWEVER THE RIVER QUICKLY FLOWS INTO DOUGLAS LAKE JUST DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE. FOR THE NOLICHUCKY RIVER AT EMBREEVILLE...TENNESSEE...FLOOD STAGE IS 12 FEET. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REACH FLOOD STAGE AROUND 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING. AT THIS STAGE FLOODING OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS OCCURS NEAR THE GAGE. HOWEVER...AT LOWER STAGES...THE LOCATIONS OF CHESTOA... UNAKA SPRINGS...AND THE WEST PARTS OF BANNER HILL IN UNICOI COUNTY EXPERIENCE FLOODING. PLEASE NOTE! THE FORECAST FOR THE NOLICHUCKY RIVER DEPENDS ON ALL PRECIPITATION FALLING INTO THE UPPER REACHES OF THE RIVER IN THE MOUNTAINS AND IN NORTH CAROLINA BEING IN THE FORM OF SNOW. IF THE PRECIPITATION FALLING INTO THE NOLICHUCKY BASIN IS ALL RAIN...THE FOLLOW GFORECAST APPLIES: THE RIVER WOULD REACH FLOOD STAGE OF 12 FEET AROUND 2 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND CREST NEAR 15.5 FEET AROUND 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. AT THIS STAGE...MORE EXTENSIVE FLOODING OF THE COMMUNITIES OF CHESTOA...UNAKA SPRINGS...AND BANNER HILL WOULD OCCUR. THE FOLLOWING RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE WITHIN THEIR BANKS BUT NOT REACH FLOOD STAGE. THE CLINCH RIVER ABOVE TAZEWELL...TENNESSEE RISES TO 10.5 FEET ON THURSDAY. FLOOD STAGE IS 12 FEET. THE NORTH HOLSTON RIVER AT GATE CITY...VIRGINIA RISES TO 9.7 FEET ON THURSDAY. FLOOD STAGE IS 12 FEET. THE LITTLE PIGEON RIVER AT SEVIERVILLE...TENNESSEE RISES TO 10 FEET ON WEDNESDAY. FLOOD STAGE IS 11 FEET. IF ANY OF THESE OR OTHER RIVERS FLOOD SOONER OR HIGHER THAN EXPECTED... GET TO A SAFER PLACE IMMEDIATELY THEN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND THEY WILL RELAY THAT INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY! THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. BOYD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 11:53 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Unicoi, Washington | 12 hr |
| Feb 3, 11:53 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Cocke | 12 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.