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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2007, 7:06 PM EDT for Sullivan County, Tennessee. It was in force for 114 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 2007, 7:06 PM EDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2007, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 114 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sullivan County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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 15, 8:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 8 Se Bristol Tn, TN | ROAD WASHED OUT. 421 AT PEMBERTON ROAD. |
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 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 571 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 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 152310 FFWMRX TNC163-160100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 706 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BRISTOL TN... * UNTIL 900 PM EDT * AT 706 PM EDT...EXTREMELY HIGH RAIN RATES OF OVER TWO INCHES PER HOUR WERE LIKELY WITH A THUNDERSTORM IN THE BRISTOL TN AREA. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY BUT THE HEAVIEST RAIN SHOWED A SLIGHT DRIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST. THIS RAIN WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS, LOW SPOTS, AND RIVERS AND STREAMS. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BRISTOL TN...HARR...AND THE SOUTH HOLSTON DAM AREA. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN LAT...LON 3642 8222 3650 8199 3660 8195 3660 8224 $$ BB
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KMRX 160003 FFSMRX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 802 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2007 TNC163-160100- SULLIVAN TN- 802 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR EASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY... AT 757 PM EDT...THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN IN THE LAST HOUR HAD WEAKENED AND MOVED SOUTH. HOWEVER, RUNOFF FROM THE RAIN WILL STILL AFFECT LOW LYING AREAS FOR THE NEXT HOUR. THEREFORE, THE WARNING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 9 PM. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BRISTOL TN. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 3642 8222 3650 8199 3660 8195 3660 8224 $$ BB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion | 65 min |
| Jun 15, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne | 58 min |
| Jun 15, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Meigs, Rhea, Roane | 59 min |
| Jun 15, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell, Union | 62 min |
| Jun 15, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Meigs, Rhea | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell, Scott | 57 min |
| Jun 15, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton | 55 min |
| Jun 15, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hawkins, Sullivan | 66 min |
| Jun 15, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Johnson | 57 min |
| Jun 15, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan | 44 min |
| Jun 15, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Johnson | 31 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.