Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 92, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 1998, 9:24 PM EDT for Greene County, Hamblen County, Hawkins County, Tennessee. It was in force for 2 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 5, 1998, 9:24 PM EDT (01:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1998, 11:25 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Greene County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hawkins County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 281 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
- 284 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 950 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMRX 060125 FFWMRX TNC059-063-073-060325- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN 924 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE HAMBLEN COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE SOUTHERN HAWKINS COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE * UNTIL 1125 PM EDT * AT 920 PM EDT... SPOTTERS INDICATED THAT CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED OVER EASTERN HAMBLEN...SOUTHERN HAWKINS...AND WESTERN GREENE COUNTIES...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AT THE RATE OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL PRODUCE FLOODING ACROSS THE WhARNED AREAS THROUGH 1130 PM EDT. DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD! 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 Jun 5, 8:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 8:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN 815 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 1998 VERY BUSY WITH TOR...SVR...FFW...ETC...SO QUICKLY...BLV FROM WHAT I SEEN OF THE MODELS THAT THE ZONES LNOOK PRETTY GOOD FOR TN...VA...AND NC. THANKS FOLKS. LIKE KEEPING MC IN FOR SATURDAY THEN GOING PC AT NIGHT. TEMPS LOOK GOOD. IT'S A KEEPER. BOYD
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 5, 9:20 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN
920 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
730 PM OWL HOLE GAP RD TN WIND DAMAGE.
06/05/98 GRAINGER ABANDONED TRAILER DESTROYED.
ALSO 1 INCH HAIL. REPORTED
BY TV METEOROLOGIST.
800 PM CROSSVILLE TN FLOODING
06/05/98 CUMBERLAND WATER IN HOUSE AND
APPROACHING TOP OF SOME
SMALL DAMS.
REPORTED BY DISPATCH.
740 PM RUSSELLVILLE TN 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/05/98 HAMBLEN 1 INCH HAIL REPORTED IN
MORRISTOWN ALSO. REPORTED
BY DISPATCH.
730 PM KODAK TN WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 SEVIER TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
DISPATCH.
735 PM NORTH OF SEVIERVILLE TN FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED
06/05/98 SEVIER BY RADIO STATION EMPLOYEE.
815 PM NEAR HAWKINS CO LINE TN 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/05/98 GREENE REPORTED BY DISPATCH.
815 PM NEAR GREENE CO LINE TN 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/05/98 HAWKINS REPORTED BY DISPATCH.Local storm report, Jun 5, 9:20 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES TN
920 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
730 PM OWL HOLE GAP RD TN WIND DAMAGE.
06/05/98 GRAINGER ABANDONED TRAILER DESTROYED.
ALSO 1 INCH HAIL. REPORTED
BY TV METEOROLOGIST.
800 PM CROSSVILLE TN FLOODING
06/05/98 CUMBERLAND WATER IN HOUSE AND
APPROACHING TOP OF SOME
SMALL DAMS.
REPORTED BY DISPATCH.
740 PM RUSSELLVILLE TN 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/05/98 HAMBLEN 1 INCH HAIL REPORTED IN
MORRISTOWN ALSO. REPORTED
BY DISPATCH.
730 PM KODAK TN WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 SEVIER TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
DISPATCH.
735 PM NORTH OF SEVIERVILLE TN FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED
06/05/98 SEVIER BY RADIO STATION EMPLOYEE.
815 PM NEAR HAWKINS CO LINE TN 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/05/98 GREENE REPORTED BY DISPATCH.
815 PM NEAR GREENE CO LINE TN 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/05/98 HAWKINS REPORTED BY DISPATCH.The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 9:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins | 46 min |
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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.