Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Morristown, TN

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WGUS74 KMRX 221252
FFSMRX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
852 AM EDT MON JUN 22 2009

TNC129-221345-
/O.CON.KMRX.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-090622T1345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MORGAN TN-
852 AM EDT MON JUN 22 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM EDT FOR
MORGAN COUNTY...

AT 850 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 
AREA.  

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SUNBRIGHT...
RUGBY AND DEERLODGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND 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.

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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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 3628 8488 3630 8480 3634 8477 3638 8471
      3629 8462 3627 8457 3624 8457 3620 8447
      3612 8443 3605 8434 3591 8468 3599 8472
      3608 8480 3615 8491

$$

GH

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
300 AM EDT MON JUN 22 2009

.SHORT TERM (TODAY AND TONIGHT)...REMAINS OF A STALLED FRONTAL
BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO BE STRETCHED NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
MRX CWA.  WITH THIS...WILL CONTINUE TO SEE CONVECTION DEVELOPING
ALONG IT AND PROVIDE OCCASIONAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO
THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT.  INITIALLY...MAIN TRACK WILL LIE ACROSS
THE CENTRAL PART OF THE CWA...THEN THROUGH THE DAY THE BOUNDARY MAY
SAG A BIT SOUTHWESTWARD.

.LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL
U.S. WILL STRENGTHEN EARLY IN THE EXTENDED...KEEPING THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIAN REGION IN NORTH TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT.  THE STALL
BOUNDARY OVER THE AREA WILL BECOME MORE NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED FOR
TUESDAY AND CONTINUE TO CARRY OCCASIONAL CONVECTION THROUGH THE
AREA.  THE BOUNDARY WILL SLOWLY DISSIPATE MID WEEK AS THE CENTRAL
U.S. RIDGE CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND EAST INTO OUR AREA.
THIS SHOULD SUPPRESS CONVECTION OVER OUR AREA AND LEAD TO GENERALLY
HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS ON WEDNESDAY. WEATHER EXPECTED TO BECOME
UNSETTLED ONCE AGAIN DURING THE LATTER PART OF THE EXTENDED AS THE
STRENGTH OF THE RIDGE DECREASE AND ANOTHER WEAKENING FRONTAL
BOUNDARY DROPS INTO THE AREA.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN  94  72  92  70  92 /  30  20  20  10  10
KNOXVILLE AIRPORT, TN    90  70  89  67  88 /  40  30  20  10  10
OAK RIDGE, TN            92  69  91  68  90 /  40  30  20  10  10
TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN   87  64  88  64  86 /  30  20  20  10  10

&&

.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...NONE.
TN...NONE.
VA...NONE.

&&

MJB

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
530 AM EDT MON JUN 22 2009

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-231000-
CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS-
SULLIVAN-JOHNSON-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-
NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE-
SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER-
SOUTHEAST CARTER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT-
BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-
SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK-EAST POLK-LEE-
WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON-
530 AM EDT MON JUN 22 2009 /430 AM CDT MON JUN 22 2009/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A NEARLY STATIONARY
FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS EAST TENNESSEE. LOCALIZED RAINFALL
AMOUNTS NEAR TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM IS
POSSIBLE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
346 AM EDT MON JUN 22 2009

TNZ035-067-220845-
MORGAN-ROANE-
346 AM EDT MON JUN 22 2009

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE AFFECTING MORGAN AND ROANE
COUNTIES...

AT 345 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF WARTBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25
MPH.

WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR...MAY OCCUR WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT
DRIVE THROUGH WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
614 AM EDT MON JUN 22 2009

TNZ012-013-035-036-067-221115-
ANDERSON-CAMPBELL-MORGAN-ROANE-SCOTT-
614 AM EDT MON JUN 22 2009

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE AFFECTING ANDERSON...CAMPBELL...
MORGAN...ROANE AND SCOTT COUNTIES...

AT 612 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUNTSVILLE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

IN ADDITION TO SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES PRIMARY KILLERS. REMEMBER...
IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR...MAY OCCUR WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT
DRIVE THROUGH WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN

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