Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Morristown, TN

029 
WGUS74 KMRX 100817
FFSMRX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
417 AM EDT SAT AUG 10 2013

TNC019-091-163-101030-
/O.CON.KMRX.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-130810T1030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SULLIVAN TN-JOHNSON TN-CARTER TN-
417 AM EDT SAT AUG 10 2013

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM EDT FOR
EXTREME NORTHERN CARTER...JOHNSON AND EASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTIES...

AT 407 AM EDT...RAIN HAD MOSTLY COME TO AN END. HOWEVER WITH UPWARDS 
OF 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL BETWEEN MOUNTAIN CITY AND SHADY 
VALLEY...THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING FROM RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SHADY 
VALLEY...MOUNTAIN CITY...AND LAUREL BLOOMERY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

IF YOU ARE IN THE MOUNTAINS...REMEMBER THAT MOUNTAIN STREAMS FLOW 
FAST...AND THE WATER CAN RISE WITHOUT WARNING. GET AWAY FROM 
MOUNTAIN STREAMS NOW AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND! 

&&

LAT...LON 3653 8170 3647 8169 3645 8171 3643 8171
      3641 8173 3639 8174 3637 8203 3651 8209
      3662 8182 3661 8165

$$

GDC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
946 PM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013

.DISCUSSION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SLOW MOVING
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND CAUSED LOCALIZED FLOODING ON THE
PLATEAU. STORMS HAVE DECREASED MOSTLY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
SECTIONS BUT WERE INCREASING NORTH AND NORTHEAST AHEAD OF SHORT WAVE
MOVING THROUGH EASTERN KY. LOWERED POPS SOUTH BUT KEEPING HIGHEST
POPS NORTH AND NE AHEAD OF AREA OF SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVING ACROSS
EAST KY. COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED ALONG OHIO RIVER AND MAY SAG A
LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER CURRENT SHORTWAVE IN
EASTERN KY MAY HELP TO STABILIZE NORTHERN SECTIONS SO EXPECTING
ACTIVITY TO LESSEN OR MOVE EAST OF THE NORTHEAST SECTIONS BY LATE
EVENING OR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. KEPT CHANCE POPS IN FOR REST OF
NIGHT AS NEW ACTIVITY DEVELOPS ON OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM
EARLIER CONVECTION. STILL THREAT FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN BUT DIMINISHED
FROM THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AS HEATING HAS ENDED FOR THE DAY.

&&

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

&&

TD

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
311 PM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-101915-
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-
311 PM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013 /211 PM CDT FRI AUG 9 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP FOR
THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND AT LEAST EARLY TONIGHT. GIVEN THE
VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE REGION...SOME OF THESE
STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...AS WELL AS LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINS OF 1 INCH PER HOUR OR GREATER.

MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS POSSIBLE
OVERNIGHT. MINOR RISES ON CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS COULD OCCUR
...SO STAY WEATHER ALERT IF YOU LIVE NEAR AREA CREEKS OR STREAMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

A WARM...MOIST AIR MASS WILL KEEP A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE
UPCOMING WORK WEEK. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND A FEW STRONG STORMS
WITH DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY...ESPECIALLY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG WINDS...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

TG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1033 PM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013

TNZ067-068-100315-
LOUDON TN-ROANE TN-
1033 PM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LOUDON AND ROANE COUNTIES UNTIL
1115 PM EDT...

AT 1031 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SWEETWATER...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LOUDON...LENOIR
CITY...PAINT ROCK AND PHILADELPHIA.

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! DON'T DROWN!

DGS