Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2004, 8:22 PM EDT for Greene County, Tennessee. It was in force for 113 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 2004, 8:22 PM EDT (00:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2004, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Greene County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 9:05 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Mosheim, TN | MIDDLE CREEK RD. DOWN TO ONE LANE DUE TO HIGH WATER. THIS LOCATION IS NEAR THE HIGHWAY 107 CROSS RD NEAR MOSHEIM. |
| Jun 12, 9:05 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Mosheim, TN | MIDDLE CREEK RD. DOWN TO ONE LANE DUE TO HIGH WATER. THIS LOCATION IS NEAR THE HIGHWAY 107 CROSS RD NEAR MOSHEIM. |
| Jun 12, 9:20 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Mosheim, TN | MOTHER AND CHILD TRAPPED IN A MOBILE HOME ON DELANEY RD DUE TO VERY HIGH WATER. |
| Jun 12, 9:20 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Mosheim, TN | MOTHER AND CHILD TRAPPED IN A MOBILE HOME ON DELANEY RD DUE TO VERY HIGH WATER. |
| Jun 12, 9:25 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Mosheim, TN | RESIDENTIAL FLOODING ON SHAKLEFORD RD. |
| Jun 12, 9:25 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Mosheim, TN | RESIDENTIAL FLOODING ON SHAKLEFORD RD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 261 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 714 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KMRX 130024
FFWMRX
TNC059-130215-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
822 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
GREENE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE
* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
* AT 817 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM ROMEO TO 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF DAVY CROCKETT BIRTHPLACE STATE PARK. THE
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOOD WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
DAVY CROCKETT BIRTHPLACE STATE PARK...CHUCKY...ROMEO...TUSCULUM...
GREENEVILLE...MOSHEIM...MOHAWK...CAMP CREEK...BAILEYTON...
JEAROLDSTOWN
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. TURN
AROUND DONT DROWN
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. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER
SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3640 8264 3615 8265 3609 8259 3605 8260
3605 8268 3594 8283 3595 8289 3611 8306
3615 8314 3617 8316 3637 8285 3641 8265
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS74 KMRX 130106
FFSMRX
TNC059-130215-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
903 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GREENE COUNTY UNTIL 1015 PM
EDT...
AT 903 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN IN MOHAWK...OR 13 MILES WEST OF
GREENEVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOOD WAS MOVING
EAST AT 10 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...MOHAWK...MOSHEIM...ROMEO...
NOLICHUCKY DAM...GREENEVILLE...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 4
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO
2 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR.
AT 845 PM EDT GREENE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER ACROSS
SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 11E BETWEEN MOHAWK AND GREENEVILLE. FLOODING OF
LOW LYING AREAS ARE ALSO LIKELY AS WELL.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER
SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3620 8313 3616 8313 3599 8287 3608 8265
3640 8267 3635 8289
$$
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.