Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Morristown, TN

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WGUS74 KMRX 081210
FFSMRX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
810 AM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009

TNC013-129-151-081230-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MORGAN TN-CAMPBELL TN-SCOTT TN-
810 AM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM EDT FOR
SCOTT...CAMPBELL AND MORGAN COUNTIES...

AT 802 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THE 
STORMS AND HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR HIGH POINT...EXTENDING 
NORTHEAST TO NEAR JELLICO...AND WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

IN SCOTT COUNTY...SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER WAS REPORTED OVER ROADS IN 
THE ELGIN AREA AND ALSO ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF HUNTSVILLE AT 743 AM 
BY THE COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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 3659 8401 3655 8398 3651 8396 3623 8423
      3621 8429 3622 8438 3619 8439 3608 8482
      3615 8491 3628 8488 3630 8480 3634 8477
      3640 8467 3660 8479 3661 8477

$$

TROUTMAN

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
724 AM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009

.AVIATION...FOG EXPECTED EARLY IN THE TAF PERIOD WITH LIFR
CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT CHA AND TRI.  A CLUSTER OF STORMS FOLLOWS THIS
MORNING...BRINGING THUNDERSTORMS TO ALL SITES THIS MORNING. AFTER
THE STORMS PAST....MORE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON BRINGING MVFR CONDITIONS BACK TO THE TAF SITES.  VFR
CONDITIONS SHOULD RETURN DURING THE EVENING HOURS.  LIGHT WINDS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD...EXCEPT GUSTY WINDS AREA WILL BE
LIKELY WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.

&&

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

GH

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
322 AM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-090730-
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-
322 AM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009 /222 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD
OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EXPECTED. A FEW STORMS WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO BECOME
SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES AND FRONTAL BOUNDARIES WILL
CREATE A GOOD CHANCE OF MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
SUNDAY. NO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED...BUT A FEW
STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP JUST ABOUT
ANY AFTERNOON OR EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY.

SATURATED GROUNDS FROM SEVERAL WET DAYS COULD CAUSE TREES TO FALL
MORE EASILY THAN NORMAL. ANY ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL MAY
CAUSE RIVERS AND STREAMS TO RISE TO NEAR OR ABOVE ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE...AND LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING AND POSSIBLE MUD SLIDES. REMAIN
ALERT FOR THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER...ESPECIALLY IF YOU
LIVE NEAR AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND ANY OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND POSSIBLY
THROUGH SUNDAY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
611 AM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009

TNZ012-013-035-081115-
CAMPBELL-MORGAN-SCOTT-
611 AM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009

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

AT 610 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING EAST AT
45 MPH.

PEOPLE IN CAMPBELL...MORGAN AND SCOTT COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
CITIES OF JACKSBORO AND LA FOLLETTE...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

DGS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
707 AM EDT FRI MAY 08 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0630 AM     HAIL             HUNTSVILLE              36.41N 84.49W
05/08/2009  E0.75 INCH       SCOTT              TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED.

&&

TROUTMAN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
710 AM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009

TNZ012-035-081215-
MORGAN-SCOTT-
710 AM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFFECTING MORGAN AND SCOTT
COUNTIES...

AT 707 AM EDT/607 AM CDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14
MILES NORTHWEST OF ONEIDA TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

PEOPLE IN MORGAN AND SCOTT COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CIT IES OF
ONEIDA...HUNTSVILLE AND WARTBURG...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

IN ADDITION TO SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. 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
THESE THUNDERSTORMS. 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

DGS