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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Morristown, TN

June 4, 2002Bradley County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 2002, 7:21 PM EDT for Bradley County, Tennessee. It was in force for 114 min. 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 4, 2002, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2002, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 114 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Whole counties

County Bradley County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 191 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1566 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1296 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KMRX 042321
FFWMRX
TNC011-050115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
720 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BRADLEY COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 715 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL BRADLEY 
  COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  WATERVILLE...FLINT SPRINGS...MCDONALD...CLEVELAND...HOPEWELL...    
  TASSO...CHARLESTON...CALHOUN...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 
THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL 
ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.

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 3502 8512 3499 8480 3524 8465 3539 8481

DMG

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS74 KMRX 050010
FFSMRX
TNC011-050115-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
804 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BRADLEY COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM...

AT 804 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE SHOWERS WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ACROSS BRADLEY COUNTY. 
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES AND SEVERAL 
CREEKS FLOWING OVER BANKFULL. THIS LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WILL 
LIKELY CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 
THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS. AN 
ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR.

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 3505 8501 3500 8476 3526 8467 3538 8490

DMG

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 4, 3:15 PM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 3:15 PM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
315 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002

CHANGES IN THE OFFING OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS IN TERMS OF TEMPS AND
PRECIP POTENTIAL. MODEL TIME HEIGHTS CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE A GRADUAL
INFLUX OF MOISTURE WITH TIME ESPECIALLY ABOVE THE BOUNDARY LAYER.
THE MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS THE SURFACE FRONT
APPROACHES SOMETIME EARLY THURSDAY. THERE WILL BE NO REALLY
SIGNIFICANT FOCUSING MECHANISM UNTIL THE FROPA...BUT THE PERSISTENT
INSTABILITY COUPLED WITH THE INCREASED MOISTURE SUGGESTS SCATTERED
CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE PARTICULARLY DURING PEAK HEATING HOURS.
HAVE CONTINUED THE CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE SECOND AND THIRD PERIODS.

MAIN PRECIP EVENT WILL COINCIDE WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE HOWEVER.
THIS FEATURE IS DEPICTED AS PROVIDING THE FIRST WIDESPREAD PRECIP
EVENT IN QUITE A WHILE. QPFS OF NEARLY AN INCH ARE BEING GENERALLY
PROJECTING BY MESOETA IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SLOW-MOVING FRONT.
POST-FRONTAL HEIGHT FALLS ARE NOT PARTICULARLY DRAMATIC...BUT TEMPS
SHOULD FALL BACK TO NEAR CLIMATOLOGY BY THE END OF THE NEAR-TERM
PERIOD.

NGM/ETA/AVN MOS TEMPS ARE FAIRLY CLOSE AND APPEAR REASONABLE. WILL
GENERALLY FOLLOW THE MOS NUMBERS.

PRELIMINARY CCF FOLLOWS:
CHA   73  92  71  84 /  30  50  50  60
TYS   72  89  70  82 /  20  50  50  60
TRI   68  87  67  81 /  20  50  60  60
OQT   72  88  70  82 /  20  50  50  60

.MRX...
NC...NONE.
TN...NONE.
VA...NONE.

LCM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 2:23 PM EDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
223 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0131 PM    OCOEE                     TN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/02   POLK                           REPORTED BY TVA.

0215 PM    OCOEE                     TN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/02   POLK                           REPORTED BY TVA.

GM

Local storm report, Jun 4, 5:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
546 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0400 PM    MURPHY                    NC   WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02   CHEROKEE                       TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          DISPATCH.

0500 PM    8 NW MURPHY               NC   FLASH FLOODS
06/04/02   CHEROKEE                       WATER OVER ROADS NEAR
                                          HIWASSEE DAM. REPORTED BY
                                          DISPATCH.

0500 PM    MURPHY                    NC   FLASH FLOODS
06/04/02   CHEROKEE                       MUD AND ROCK SLIDE ON HWY
                                          64E NEAR THE HOSPITAL.
                                          REPORTED BY DISPATCH.

DAE

Local storm report, Jun 4, 6:58 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
658 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0640 PM    5 NE HIXSON               TN   WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02   HAMILTON                       TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          SPOTTER.

0615 PM    DECATUR                   TN   WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02   MEIGS                          TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES.
                                          REPORTED BY DISPATCH.

0625 PM    DAYTON                    TN   WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02   RHEA                           TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES.
                                          REPORTED BY DISPATCH.

DAE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 1:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Polk	30 min
Jun 4, 2:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Polk	45 min
Jun 4, 2:23 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Polk	3 hr
Jun 4, 2:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Sevier	42 min
Jun 4, 2:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Monroe	64 min
Jun 4, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cocke	48 min
Jun 4, 3:02 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Sevier	3 hr
Jun 4, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Blount	57 min
Jun 4, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Meigs	31 min
Jun 4, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	McMinn	40 min
Jun 4, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Marion	40 min
Jun 4, 5:13 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Polk	2 hr
Jun 4, 5:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Morgan	42 min
Jun 4, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Meigs	39 min
Jun 4, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley, Hamilton	51 min
Jun 4, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Scott	44 min
Jun 4, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Meigs, Rhea	45 min
Jun 4, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hamilton	44 min
Jun 4, 6:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Hamilton	2 hr
Jun 4, 6:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley	52 min
Jun 4, 7:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Polk	43 min

Nearby

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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.