Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Morristown, TN

Issued

Jul 5, 2004, 6:13 PM EDT (22:13 UTC)

Expired

Jul 5, 2004, 9:15 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Morristown, TN

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Blount County, TN, Loudon County, TN

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000 
WGUS54 KMRX 052216
FFWMRX
TNC009-105-060115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
613 PM EDT MON JUL 5 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BLOUNT COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE
  LOUDON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 606 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE CUMBERLAND
  PLATEAU EXTENDING TOWARD THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS IN BLOUNT COUNTY.
  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE OVER
  THE SAME AREAS IN LOUDON AND BLOUNT COUNTIES REPEATEDLY.

RAIN RATES ESTIMATED BY RAINFALL ARE AROUND ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR.
AN OFFICIAL RAIN GAGE IN CROSSVILLE REPORTED 0.97 INCH IN ONE HOUR. THESE
RATES WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT TWO OR THREE HOURS AND THIS WILL CAUSE
LIFE THREATENING FLOODING. REPEAT...THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.

DURING HEAVY RAINS...KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...WATER
CATCHMENTS...AND WATERWAYS. SHALLOW...GENTLY FLOWING WATER CAN BECOME
A RAGING TORRENT IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

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.

DONT GET ON THE EVENING NEWS BY BRAVELY DRIVING INTO FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3579 8414 3585 8413 3584 8409 3557 8367
      3557 8375 3547 8395 3549 8393 3552 8400
      3556 8399 3555 8408 3568 8431 3565 8439
      3569 8454 3578 8437 3588 8433 3589 8425

$$

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000 
WGUS74 KMRX 060055
FFSMRX
TNC009-105-060115-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
853 PM EDT MON JUL 5 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LOUDON AND BLOUNT COUNTIES
UNTIL 915 PM EDT...

AT 853 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS STOPPED. HOWEVER...THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING
STILL EXISTS FROM THE RUNOFF OF THE PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN.

BLOUNT COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT THAT NUMEROUS ROADS ARE BARRICADED
AROUND THE COUNTY DUE TO FLOODING. IF YOU COME TO A FLOODED OR CLOSED
ROAD, TURN AROUND DONT DROWN IT IS CLOSED FOR A REASON. 

LOUDON COUNTY HAS NOT HAD ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING, BUT IN THE DARK IT
IS SOMETIMES HARD TO SEE WATER ACROSS A ROAD.

MOST PEOPLE WHO DIE IN FLOODS, DIE IN THEIR CARS. DONT GET ON THE
EVENING NEWS BECAUSE YOU HAD TO BE RESCUED OR WORSE.

LAT...LON 3570 8367 3557 8367 3547 8395 3549 8393
      3552 8400 3556 8399 3555 8408 3568 8431
      3565 8457 3566 8457 3586 8422 3585 8421
      3579 8414 3585 8413 3584 8413 3582 8405
      3586 8400 3587 8401 3584 8385 3588 8379

$$

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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.