Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 78, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 1998, 4:24 AM EDT for Blount County, Knox County, Tennessee. It was in force for 3 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
- Jun 1, 1998, 4:24 AM EDT (08:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1998, 6:55 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Blount County, TN, Knox County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 242 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
- 3629 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1064 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 5.1
- Supercell composite
- 21.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMRX 010824 FFWMRX TNC009-093-011055- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN 424 AM EDT MON JUN 1 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN BLOUNT COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE KNOX COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE * UNTIL 655 AM EDT * AT 420 AM EDT... AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATED THAT NUMEROUS STREETS AND AREA ROADWAYS WERE FLOODED ACROSS KNOX AND NORTHERN BLOUNT COUNTIES. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THESE COUNTIES UNTIL 6 AM EDT WHICH WILL AID IN CONTINUING THE FLOODING PROBLEMS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. DON'T DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS! MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. &
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 Jun 1, 2:00 AM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 2:00 AM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN 200 AM EDT MON JUN 1 1998 LITTLE TIME FOR AFD DUE TO SVR WEATHER. CD FRNT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE CWA THIS MRNG ALLOW CLOUDY SKIES THIS MORNING TO BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON. MAY NEED SOME EARLY MORNING POPS FOR SE TN/SW NC/ ERN TN MTNS...OTRW...A DRY FCST. MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW AREAS OF FOG TO DEVELOP TONIGHT...SOME LOCALLY DENSE. FNT WILL HANG UP JUST SOUTH OF THE CWA. WILL NEED TO WATCH OUT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF NIGHTTIME CONVECTION RIDING ALONG THE STATIONARY FRONT LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. FOR TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY AND NEAR SEASONAL TEMPS. AS FOR TEMPS... PREFER THE FAN NOS... DH
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 1, 1:24 AM EDT, 3 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN
124 AM EDT MON JUN 1 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
110 AM ONEIDA TN FLOODING
06/01/98 SCOTT WATER IN YARDS...WATER
COVERED ROADS...AND MUDSLIDE
IN ONEIDA
1258 AM LUTTRELL TN WIND DAMAGE
06/01/98 KNOX 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS SOUTH OF
LUTTRELL NEAR THE
KNOX-GRAINGER COUNTY LINELocal storm report, Jun 1, 2:05 AM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN
205 AM EDT MON JUN 1 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
157 AM SOUTH KNOX COUNTY TN FLOODING
06/01/98 KNOX ALCOA HWY. NEAR NAVY/MARINE
CORPS RESERVE CENTER WATER
ACROSS ROAD AND IMPASSABLE
REPORTED BY HAM OPERATOR
1230 AM LICK CREEK TN WIND DAMAGE
06/01/98 CAMPBELL TREES DOWN IN LICK CREEK AREA
1215-1230 REPORTED BY SHERIFFS
OFFICELocal storm report, Jun 1, 2:05 AM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN
205 AM EDT MON JUN 1 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
157 AM SOUTH KNOX COUNTY TN FLOODING
06/01/98 KNOX ALCOA HWY. NEAR NAVY/MARINE
CORPS RESERVE CENTER WATER
ACROSS ROAD AND IMPASSABLE
REPORTED BY HAM OPERATOR
1230 AM LICK CREEK TN WIND DAMAGE
06/01/98 CAMPBELL TREES DOWN IN LICK CREEK AREA
1215-1230 REPORTED BY SHERIFFS
OFFICELocal storm report, Jun 1, 3:03 AM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN
303 AM EDT MON JUN 1 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
139 AM MORRISTOWN TN WIND DAMAGE
06/01/98 HAMBLEN A TREE DOWN AT REDWOOD &
SYCAMORE STREETS REPORTED BY
SHERIFFS OFFICE
245 AM MARYVILLE TN FLOODING
06/01/98 BLOUNT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF WATER OVER
ROADS NEAR BLOUNT MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL REPORTED BY HAMS
302 AM SEYMOUR TN FLOODING
06/01/98 SEVIER STREET FLOODING...2 TO 3 INCHES
WATER ACROSS ROADS NEAR CHEROKEE
HILLSLocal storm report, Jun 1, 3:03 AM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN
303 AM EDT MON JUN 1 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
139 AM MORRISTOWN TN WIND DAMAGE
06/01/98 HAMBLEN A TREE DOWN AT REDWOOD &
SYCAMORE STREETS REPORTED BY
SHERIFFS OFFICE
245 AM MARYVILLE TN FLOODING
06/01/98 BLOUNT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF WATER OVER
ROADS NEAR BLOUNT MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL REPORTED BY HAMS
302 AM SEYMOUR TN FLOODING
06/01/98 SEVIER STREET FLOODING...2 TO 3 INCHES
WATER ACROSS ROADS NEAR CHEROKEE
HILLSLocal storm report, Jun 1, 3:48 AM EDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN
348 AM EDT MON JUN 1 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
313 AM MARYVILLE TN WIND DAMAGE
06/01/98 BLOUNT TREES DOWN ALONG WILDWOOD
RD.
115 AM KNOXVILLE TN WIND DAMAGE
06/01/98 KNOX HUGE TREE DOWN BEHIND TV6
STATION
325 AM NEAR MARYVILLE TN FLOODING
06/01/98 BLOUNT ROCKSLIDE ON SEVIERVILLE RD.
130 AM COUNTY WIDE TN 50 MPH TSTM GUST
06/01/98 SEVIER WINDS ESTIMATED AROUND 50
MPHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 10:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Campbell | 50 min |
| May 31, 10:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne | 62 min |
| May 31, 10:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Claiborne | 47 min |
| May 31, 10:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 63 min |
| May 31, 11:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell | 65 min |
| May 31, 11:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Claiborne, Union | 60 min |
| May 31, 11:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Fentress, Morgan | 60 min |
| May 31, 11:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 66 min |
| Jun 1, 12:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Campbell, Scott | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 12:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger | 61 min |
| Jun 1, 12:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson | 62 min |
| Jun 1, 12:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 12:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell | 50 min |
| Jun 1, 12:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamblen, Jefferson | 65 min |
| Jun 1, 12:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Knox | 65 min |
| Jun 1, 1:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Sevier | 65 min |
| Jun 1, 1:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount | 65 min |
| Jun 1, 1:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Blount | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Meigs, Rhea | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 2:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Meigs, Rhea | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 2:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | McMinn | 47 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998
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.