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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2005, 3:15 AM EDT for Campbell County, Scott County, Tennessee. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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
- Jul 22, 2005, 3:15 AM EDT (07:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2005, 6:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Campbell County, TN, Scott County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 4:30 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Elk Valley, TN | WATER WAS REPORTED FLOWING ACROSS HIGHWAY 297 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 2969 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1141 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 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 220715 FFWMRX TNC013-151-221015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 315 AM EDT FRI JUL 22 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS EXTENDED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WESTERN CAMPBELL COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE EASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE * UNTIL 615 AM EDT * AT 301 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHEAST SCOTT AND NORTHWEST CAMPBELL COUNTIES. FLOOD WATERS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP AND MOVE DOWN JELLICO CREEK...CAPUCHIN CREEK...BAIRD CREEK... AND HATFIELD CREEK OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... WINFIELD...KETCHEN...JELLICO...AND INDIAN MOUNTAIN STATE PARK. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT AROUND FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA IN THE PAST THREE HOURS...WHICH WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. BE VERY CAREFUL AT NIGHT WHEN IT BECOMES DIFFICULT TO SEE FLOODING. IF YOU SEE FLASH FLOODING...ACT NOW MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY GET OUT OF FLOODED AREAS NOW. IF YOU COME TO A FLOODED OR CLOSED ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. LAT...LON 3624 8448 3624 8417 3660 8403 3660 8446 $$ DMG
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KMRX 220917 FFSMRX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 514 AM EDT FRI JUL 22 2005 TNC013-151-221015- CAMPBELL TN-SCOTT TN- 514 AM EDT FRI JUL 22 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 AM EDT FOR EASTERN SCOTT AND WESTERN CAMPBELL COUNTIES... AT 510 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED SCOTT AND CAMPBELL COUNTIES. HOWEVER...ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN KENTUCKY WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... WINFIELD...KETCHEN...JELLICO...INDIAN MOUNTAIN STATE PARK AND ELK VALLEY. BE VERY CAREFUL AT NIGHT WHEN IT BECOMES DIFFICULT TO SEE FLOODING. IF YOU SEE FLASH FLOODING...ACT NOW MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY GET OUT OF FLOODED AREAS NOW. IF YOU COME TO A FLOODED OR CLOSED ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. LAT...LON 3624 8448 3624 8417 3660 8403 3660 8446 $$ DMG
000 WGUS74 KMRX 221014 FFSMRX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 612 AM EDT FRI JUL 22 2005 TNC013-151-221022- CAMPBELL TN-SCOTT TN- 612 AM EDT FRI JUL 22 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN SCOTT AND WESTERN CAMPBELL COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 615 AM... THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD THREAT HAS DIMINISHED. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3624 8448 3624 8417 3660 8403 3660 8446 $$ DMG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 10:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | McMinn | 20 min |
| Jul 22, 1:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Campbell, Scott | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion | 36 min |
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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.