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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 2005, 6:06 PM EDT for Russell County, Virginia. 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 2005, 6:06 PM EDT (22:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2005, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 114 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Russell County, VA
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 515 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KMRX 132207 FFWMRX VAC167-140000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 606 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA * UNTIL 800 PM EDT * AT 604 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH ACROSS EASTERN RUSSELL COUNTIES PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. HOURLY RAINFALL BETWEEN 1 1/2 AND 2 INCHES HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED BY RADAR NEAR THE HONAKER AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DYE AND DRILL. RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS, LOW LYING FARMLAND, AND ROADS ADJACENT TO STREAMS. OTHER LOW LYING PLACES THAT NORMALLY FLOOD EASILY COULD BECOME DEATH TRAPS. IF YOU COME TO A FLOODED OR CLOSED ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. LAT...LON 3687 8206 3696 8175 3716 8190 3706 8215 $$ DH
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KMRX 132319 FFSMRX VAC167-140000- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 718 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR EASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY... AT 713 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HONAKER...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEBANON. THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. RUSSELL COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED SEVERAL BACK-ROADS AROUND THE HONAKER AREA WASHED OUT DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROSEDALE...DYE AND DRILL. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. LAT...LON 3687 8206 3696 8175 3716 8190 3706 8215 $$ DH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell | 32 min |
| May 13, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell | 32 min |
| May 13, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 61 min |
| May 13, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Wise | 31 min |
| May 13, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Wise, City of Norton | 56 min |
| May 13, 7:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Russell | 2 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.