Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Morristown, TN

Issued

Jul 3, 2002, 3:01 PM EDT (19:01 UTC)

Expired

Jul 3, 2002, 6:00 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Morristown, TN

Area

Whole counties

County Johnson County, TN

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS54 KMRX 031901
FFWMRX
TNC091-032200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
259 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 259 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR NEVA...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  MOUNTAIN CITY.  THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOOD WAS
  MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  NEVA..BUTLER...LAUREL BLOOMARY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 3 
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 
INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 2 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 3635 8186 3655 8176 3657 8186 3640 8194

DH

000 
WGUS74 KMRX 032043
FFSMRX
TNC091-VAC191-032200-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
440 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR JOHNSON AND WASHINGTON
COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT...

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED 
COUNTIES. AT 420 PM EDT A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED STREET 
FLOODING IN BRENT IN JOHNSON COUNTY.

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.

000 
WGUS74 KMRX 032154
FFSMRX
TNC091-VAC191-032215-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
549 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR JOHNSON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

AT 549 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 
RAINFALL HAS DECREASED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD 
THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE 
THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING HAS ENDED. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD 
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND HIGH STREAM LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED 
TO CONTINUE FOR SOME TIME HOWEVER. DO NOT DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS 
THE ROAD. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED AREA ON FOOT.

$$

LCM

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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.