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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Morristown, TN

February 24, 2011Lee County, Virginia

NWS Morristown, TN issued this flash flood warning at Feb 24, 2011, 10:25 AM EST for Lee County, Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 24, 2011, 10:25 AM EST (15:25 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2011, 1:30 PM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Lee County, VA

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:25 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 300 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2011-02-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2011-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 224 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1165 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
224 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

250 
WGUS54 KMRX 241525
FFWMRX
VAC105-241830-
/O.NEW.KMRX.FF.W.0002.110224T1525Z-110224T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1025 AM EST THU FEB 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF JONESVILLE...

* UNTIL 130 PM EST

* AT 1013 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS MOVING ACROSS LEE COUNTY. 
RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL IS NEAR TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES OVER THE 
PAST TWO HOURS. 

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  JASPER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES ARE POSSIBLE 
IN THE WARNED AREA.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3681 8277 3672 8284 3666 8295 3660 8298
      3659 8325 3660 8327 3661 8369 3663 8367
      3668 8354 3668 8341 3672 8336 3675 8315
      3684 8310 3687 8293 3690 8288

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 9:04 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXLee, Scott3 hr
Feb 24, 12:11 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXRussell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol, City of Norton3 hr
Feb 24, 1:37 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXLee113 min
Feb 24, 2:16 PM ESTWind AdvisoryMRXLee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more25 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.