Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 19, 1998, 1:47 AM EDT for Lee County, Scott County, Wise County, Virginia. It was in force for 8 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
- Apr 19, 1998, 1:47 AM EDT (05:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 1998, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lee County, VA, Scott County, VA, Wise County, VA
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 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
- 584 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 474 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 190548 FFWMRX NCC039-TNC001-009-011-013-025-029-035-049-057-063-065-067-073- 089-093-105-107-121-123-129-139-143-145-151-155-173-VAC105-169- 195-191400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN 147 AM EDT (1247 AM CDT) SUN APR 19 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR... ANDERSON COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE BLOUNT COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE BRADLEY COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE CAMPBELL COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE COCKE COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE FENTRESS COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE GRAINGER COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE HAMBLEN COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE HAMILTON COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE HANCOCK COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE HAWKINS COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE KNOX COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE LOUDON COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE MCMINN COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE MEIGS COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE MONROE COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE MORGAN COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE POLK COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE RHEA COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE ROANE COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE SCOTT COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE SEVIER COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE UNION COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA WISE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA * UNTIL 1000 AM EDT (900 AM CDT) * AT 135 AM EDT (1235 CDT)...RADAR INDICATED THAT A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL WAS LOCATED ACROSS MOST OF EAST TENNESSEE EARLY THIS MORNING AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OF UP TO ONE ADDITIONAL INCH IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT WHICH WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 1000 AM EDT (900 AM CDT). *DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD! *THIS WARNING REPLACES ALL FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. PDK
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 Apr 18, 9:20 PM EDT, 4 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 9:20 PM EDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN 920 PM EDT SAT APR 18 1998 ON GOING SEVERE WEATHER HAVE NOT LOOKED AT ANY NEW DATA...BUT ONGOING FORECAST LOOKS GOOD. PDK
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 18, 10:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN
1050 PM EDT SAT APR 18 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
930 PM KNOXVILLE TN 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/18/98 KNOX NEAR WATT RD.
930 PM SOUTH PART OF COUNTY TN 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/18/98 UNION
830 PM HIXSON TN 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/18/98 HAMILTON REPORTED BY SKYWARN SPOTTER
855 PM LOOKOUT MTN. TN 0.88 INCH HAIL
04/18/98 HAMILTON NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
SPOTTER
1003 PM NEAR CEDAR SPRINGS TN 0.88 INCH HAIL
04/18/98 BRADLEY REPORTED BY HAM OPERATOR
700 PM CRAB ORCHARD TN FLOODING
04/18/98 CUMBERLAND WATER OVER ROAD ALONG HWY.68
817 PM GRAYSVILLE TN FLOODING
04/18/98 RHEA NUMEROUS ROADS AND CREEKS
FLOODED
925 PM POPLAR CREEK TN FLOODING
04/18/98 ROANE LOW LYING AREAS FLOODED AT
BLAIR RD. AND POPLAR CREEK
AND HWY.29 FLOODED
945 PM CLINTON TN FLOODING
04/18/98 ANDERSON WATER OVER ROADS WEST SIDE
OF CLINTON
1008 PM KNOXVILLE TN FLOODING
04/18/98 KNOX ROAD NEAR WEST TOWN MALL
FLOODED; 2 INCHES OF RAIN
AN HOUR NEAR KARNSLocal storm report, Apr 19, 1:10 AM EDT, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN
110 AM EDT SUN APR 19 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1025 PM NEAR CLEVELAND TN 0.88 INCH HAIL
04/18/98 BRADLEY DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY HAM OPERATOR
900 PM CHATTANOOGA TN 0.88 INCH HAIL
04/18/98 HAMILTON NICKEL SIZE HAIL. POLICE CAR DAMAGED.
REPORT FROM SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
1150 PM CLAIRFIELD COMMUNITY TN FLOODING
04/18/98 CLAIBORNE NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED AND
WATER UP TO SOME HOMES
840 PM COUNTY WIDE TN FLOODING
04/18/98 HAMILTON ROADS FLOODED ACROSS THE
COUNTY REPORTED BY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE
1125 PM COKER CREEK TN 0.88 INCH HAIL
04/18/98 MONROE NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS
35-45 MPH
1125 PM SOUTHEAST COUNTY TN FLOODING
04/18/98 BRADLEY 2 TO 3 INCHES OF WATER
ACROSS ROADS OVER SOUTHEAST
, PART OF COUNTY ESPECIALLY
BATES PIKEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 11:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Lee | 5 hr |
| Apr 19, 7:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Russell, Washington | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.