Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Morristown, TN

Issued

Mar 17, 2002, 2:49 PM EST (19:49 UTC)

Expired

Mar 17, 2002, 6:45 PM EST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Morristown, TN

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cocke County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Sevier County, TN

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS54 KMRX 171949
FFWMRX
TNC029-089-093-155-172345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
246 PM EST SUN MAR 17 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  COCKE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE
  KNOX COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE
  SEVIER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 645 PM EST

* AT 248 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 7 MILES EAST OF OAK RIDGE  
  TO 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEWPORT.  THE RAIN IS MOVING SLOWLY       
  NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 1 TO 2 
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. THIS IS ADDITION 
TO THE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL OVERNIGHT.  AN ADDITIONAL 2 
TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE THE NEXT 6 TO 12 HOURS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...THIS
STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLANDS...AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3590 8429 3576 8316 3599 8290 3613 8402

000 
WGUS74 KMRX 172317
FFSMRX
TNC029-089-093-155-172345-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
618 PM EST SUN MAR 17 2002

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR KNOX...SEVIER...JEFFERSON...AND
COCKE COUNTIES UNTIL 6:45 PM...

EXTREME RAIN SHOWERS HAVE MOVED LARGELY OUT OF CENTRAL EAST 
TENNESSEE FOR THE TIME BEING. RAIN TOTALS OF BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES 
SINCE LAST NIGHT HAVE PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING OVER THE FOUR COUNTY 
AREA. IN TURN...ROADS TOO NUMEROUS TO NAME HAVE BEEN CLOSED AND 
TRAVEL DISRUPTED OVER WIDE AREAS.

EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN HAS STOPPED FOR NOW...RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS 
RAINS IS STILL COMING OFF MOUNTAINS AND OFF URBANIZED AREAS. CREEKS 
ARE RUNNING HIGH AND A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PIGEON 
RIVER INCLUDING NEWPORT.

MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED LATER THIS EVENING AND FLOODING WILL LIKELY 
RESUME OR WORSEN TONIGHT. THE DANGER IS NOT OVER.

STAY OUT OF FLOODED AREAS. NEVER...NEVER...NEVER DRIVE INTO FLOODED 
ROADS. IF AUTHORIZED OFFICIALS ASK YOU TO EVACUATE...FOLLOW THEIR 
INSTRUCTIONS.

CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS AND BE READY TO ACT IMMEDIATELY
IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION 
THAT CARRY CURRENT WEATHER INFORMATION AND WARNINGS.

$$

BB

Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.