Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Morristown, TN

Issued

Jan 7, 1998, 8:08 PM EST (01:08 UTC)

Expired

Jan 8, 1998, 2:15 AM EST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Morristown, TN

Area

Whole counties

County Sevier County, TN

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 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 080111
FFWMRX
TNC155-080715-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE TRI CITIES TN
808 PM EST WED JAN 7 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KNOXVILLE TRI CITIES HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST TENNESSEE
 
   ...SEVIER COUNTY
 
AT 805 PM EST REPORTS FROM COUNTY AND CITY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLASH
FLOODING WAS BEGINNING TO OCCUR ACROSS MOST OF SEVIER COUNTY. THE WEST
PRONG OF THE LITTLE PIGEON RIVER AT THE HOJO BRIDGE WAS AT 11.0 FEET
WHICH IS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. THE WEST PRONG WILL CONTINUE TO RISE DURING
THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND SO CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ACROSS
AREAS CLOSE TO THE WEST PRONG OF THE LITTLE PIGEON RIVER.
 
THE PITTMAN CENTER WAS ALSO BEGINNING TO EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING.
 
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.
 
 
 
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NWS Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jan 7, 3:00 PM EST, 5 hours 8 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN
3 PM EST WED JAN 7 1998

ETA TOO FAST W/SYSTEM OVER THE SE. PREFER SLOWER NGM/AVN.

BLANKET FFA FOR ALL OF E TN AND CHEROKEE AND CLAY COUNTIES TONIGHT
LOOKS GOOD GIVEN THAT SYSTEM IS MOVG XTRMLY SLOW. CRW..WOULD INCLD SW
VA AS WELL.  SRLY FLOW FM SFC ON UP..DEEP MOISTURE..LIFT..AND GOOD
LOW-LVL THETA-E RIDGE OVER CWA COMBINE TO GERNERATE WIDESPREAD MOD TO
HVY RAINFALL DURING THE OVRNGT HRS.  EVEN THOUGH HEAVIEST RAINFALL WL
BE ON THE E SLOPES OF THE MTS IN FAVORED UPSLOPE AREAS..PREV MENTIONED
FACTORS WL OVERCOME MUCH OF THE RAIN SHADOW EFFECT.  RAIN CHCS SLOWLY
DIMINISH FM SW TO NE THURS AS DEEP MOISTURE AND BEST LIFT GRAD SHIFT N
& E.  WOULD GO FOR LIKELY POPS FOR NE TN/SW VA..GOOD CHC VALLEY &
PLATEAU..CHC POPS SE TN/SW NC. CHC POPS STILL NEEDED THURS NGT.  UPPER
TROF/VORT AXIS PIVOT ACRS CWA & FCST SNDGS SHOW STEEP LAPSE RATE. FRI
WL BE A DRY DAY AS A ZONAL hFLOW BEGINS TO DVLP. LOW LVL WRAPAROUND
MOISTURE REMAINS HI SO CLDY SKIES WL CONTINUE.

FWC/FAN BLEND ON TEMPS PREFERRED.

THANKS FOR COORD CALL MEM.

HSA

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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.