Flash Flood Warning 62, NWS Morristown, TN

Issued

Apr 19, 1998, 9:14 PM EDT (01:14 UTC)

Expired

Apr 20, 1998, 9:00 AM EDT

In force

12 hr

Issued by

NWS Morristown, TN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Bradley County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Polk County, TN

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN
914 PM EDT SUN APR 19 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BRADLEY COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE
  MCMINN COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE
  POLK COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 900 AM EDT

* AT 900 PM EDT...EMA AND AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
  THAT BOTH THE HIWASSEE AND OCOEE RIVERS WERE OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
  SPECIFICALLY BRADLEY COUNTY EMA OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THE
  HIWASSEE RIVER WAS RISING AT ONE FOOT PER HOUR.  TOWNS SUCH AS
  CHARLESTON NEAR THE BRADLEY-MCMINN COUNTY BORDER NEED TO BE
  PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING FROM THE HIWASSEE RIVER.  MEANWHILE
  IN POLK COUNTY THE OCOEE RIVER THREATENS RESIDENTIAL AREAS CLOSE TO
  THE RIVER SINCE IT CONTINUES TO RISE OUT OF ITS BANKS.

* ALTHOUGH NO RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS BRADLEY...MCMINN AND
  POLK COUNTIES THE AREA STREAMS...CREEKS AND RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO
  REMAIN NEAR BANKFULL AND EVEN RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS DUE TO THE
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RECEIVED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS.

 RESIDENTS LIVING NEAR RISING RIVE4RS SUCH AS THE HIWASEE AND OCOEE
 NEED TO BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOOD WATERS
 THREATEN.

NWS Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Apr 19, 8:30 PM EDT, 44 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN
830 PM EDT SUN APR 19 1998

KMRX 88D WAS SHOWING THAT MOST OF THE SHRAS HAD PUSHED EAST OF THE FA.
ONLY AN ISOLATED SHRA OR TWO REMAINING IN THE MTNS AND THESE SHOULD BE
GONE BY UPDATE TIME.  SO THE MAIN RECOMMENDATION TNT WOULD BE TO DROP
THE POPS.

EXPECT THE LOW CLOUDS TO GRADUALLY BREAK UP TNT FOR MOST OF THE CWA.
WOULD BE THE MOST PESSIMISTIC ACROSS THE USUAL LOCATIONS OF NE TN AND
SW VA.  THUS I WOULD CHANGE THE CLOUD CVR FCST FOR TNT ACROSS SW VA TO
AT LEAST MOSTLY CLOUDY.  AS THE CLOUDS BREAK UP TNT AND THE WINDS
DECOUPLE I EXPECT AREAS OF DENSE FOG TO DEVELOP.  THE FCST TEMPS LOOK
WITHIN REASON.

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