Flash Flood Warning 89, NWS Morristown, TN

Issued

Jun 5, 1998, 6:50 PM EDT (22:50 UTC)

Expired

Jun 5, 1998, 9:50 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Morristown, TN

Area

Whole counties

County Monroe County, TN

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN
650 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 1998

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

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MONROE COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 950 PM EDT

* AT 650 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED
  OVER AND WEST OF MONROE COUNTY...MOVING MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AT THE RATE OF ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL
  PRODUCE FLOODING MAINLY ALONG THE TELLICO RIVER THROUGH 950
  PM EDT. LOCAL SHERIFF OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THE RIVER WAS BANK
  FULL AT THIS TIME...SO ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE
  SITUATION.

DON'T DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS! MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN
AUTOMOBILES. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF WATER RISES RAPIDLY. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS THE RIVER AS IT MAY RISE QUICKLY.

PDK

NWS Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 5, 3:05 PM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN
305 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 1998

SATELLITE DEPICTING THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...AHEAD OF
A SURFACE FRONT EXTENDING FROM EASTERN AR...TO WESTERN TN...OVER
CENTRAL KY...AND INTO CENTRAL NC.  COMPLEX TAKING A NORTHEASTERLY
MOVEMENT WHICH WILL PUT IT IN OUR CWA THIS EVENING.  STILL EXPECTING
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  SUNSHINE WILL CONTINUE
TO DESTABILIZE THE AREA AND MODIFIED 12Z BNA SOUNDING HAD CAPES AROUND
1500 AND LI OF -4.  PROBABLY SHOULD KEEP A LIKELY POP OVER ENTIRE CWA
FOR THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.  WITH THE LOW FFG VALUES OVER MOST OF
OUR COUNTIES AND THE HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER AT BNA...RECOMMEND
EXTENDING THE FFA THROUGH TONIGHT.

MODELS FAIRLY SIMILAR.  COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO BE THROUGH THE CWA BY
SATURDAY MORNING...BUT STILL SOME PVA ASSOCIATE WITH THE TROF WHICH
MAY TRIGGER A FEW SHOWERS ON SATURDAY.  WEAK VERTICAL VELOCITIES WITH
IT...PROBABLY JUST NEED A CHANCE POP.  500MB TROF OVER APPALACHIANS BY
SUNDAY MORNING.  CWA SHOULD BE COOL AND DRY ON SUNDAY.

FAN AND FWC TEMPERATURES VERY CLOSE...PREFER THE COOLER FAN.

GH

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