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Flood Watch 2, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this flood watch at Jan 30, 2013, 11:36 AM EST for 33 counties in Tennessee; 7 counties in Virginia; Cherokee County, Clay County, North Carolina. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 30, 2013, 11:36 AM EST (16:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2013, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Flood severity
- None
All 42 counties
Cherokee County, NC, Clay County, NC, Anderson County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Blount County, TN, Bradley County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Carter County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Greene County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Loudon County, TN, Marion County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Polk County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Roane County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Unicoi County, TN, Union County, TN, Washington County, TN, City of Bristol, VA, City of Norton, VA, Lee County, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Washington County, VA, Wise County, VA
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 265 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 495 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -373 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -677 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Jan 30, 11:25 AM EST, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 11:25 AM EST, 11 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 4:38 AM EST, 6 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 438 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-310945- 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- 438 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 /338 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND SEQUATCHIE VALLEY THIS MORNING... AND PROGRESS EASTWARD THROUGH THE VALLEY COUNTIES AND INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS BY THIS AFTERNOON. DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS. A TORNADO WATCH AND WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THE FORECAST AREA LATER THIS MORNING. FOR MORE INFORMATION...PLEASE ALSO SEE OUR HIGH WIND WARNING AND WIND ADVISORY PRODUCT. MUCH COLDER AIR FLOWS INTO THE REGION TONIGHT WITH A CHANCE OF A LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...AND NORTHEAST TENNESSEE INCLUDING THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES COULD OCCUR IN THESE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... A WEAK FAST MOVING SYSTEM MAY BRING SOME LIGHT SNOW MAINLY TO THE NORTHERN HALF OF EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH SOME MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED FROM FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 30, 9:07 AM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 907 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 TNZ068-071>073-085>087-100>102-301500- BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN-BRADLEY TN-EAST POLK TN-LOUDON TN-MCMINN TN-NORTH SEVIER TN-NORTHWEST MONROE TN-NW BLOUNT TN-SOUTHEAST MONROE TN-WEST POLK TN- 907 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR POLK...BLOUNT...EXTREME WESTERN SEVIER...MONROE...MCMINN...BRADLEY AND LOUDON COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM EST... AT 906 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES EAST OF CLINTON TO CHATTANOOGA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...LOUDON...LENOIR CITY...SWEETWATER...ATHENS...CLEVELAND...MADISONVILLE...ALCOA... MARYVILLE...BENTON...CHARLESTON...ETOWAH...EAGLETON VILLAGE...MURRAY STORE...HILLSVIEW...CLEAR WATER...PHILADELPHIA...MCDONALD...FLINT SPRINGS...HOPEWELL AND NIOTA. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY....AND A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS....FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 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! DH
Special weather statement, Jan 30, 9:24 AM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 924 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 TNZ067>069-071-073-084>086-301530- KNOX TN-LOUDON TN-MCMINN TN-MEIGS TN-NORTH SEVIER TN-NORTHWEST MONROE TN-NW BLOUNT TN-ROANE TN- 924 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOUNT...SEVIER...MONROE... MEIGS...MCMINN...KNOX...LOUDON AND ROANE COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 AM EST... AT 924 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SWEETWATER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LOUDON...LENOIR CITY...MARYVILLE...ALCOA...KNOXVILLE...FARRAGUT...EAGLETON VILLAGE... PAINT ROCK...PHILADELPHIA...GREENBACK...FRIENDSVILLE...CLOVER HILL... KARNS...BEARDEN...WILDWOOD...POWELL...LAKE FOREST...SEYMOUR...HALLS AND KIMBERLIN HEIGHTS. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY....AND A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS....FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SUSTAINED WINDS OR GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 50 MPH...HAIL OF PEA TO LESS THAN QUARTER SIZE...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ANY FURTHER STRENGTHENING OF THESE STORMS MAY REQUIRE ISSUANCE OF A WARNING. DH
Local storm report, Jan 30, 9:29 AM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
929 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0925 AM TSTM WND DMG SODDY-DAISY 35.26N 85.17W
01/30/2013 HAMILTON TN 911 CALL CENTER
2 TREES DOWN.
&&Special weather statement, Jan 30, 9:36 AM EST, 2 hours before
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Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 6:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan, Scott | 59 min |
| Jan 30, 6:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie | 64 min |
| Jan 30, 7:53 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie | 52 min |
| Jan 30, 8:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Scott, Union | 57 min |
| Jan 30, 8:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie | 63 min |
| Jan 30, 8:17 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Hamilton, Rhea | 43 min |
| Jan 30, 8:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne | 55 min |
| Jan 30, 8:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hancock | 57 min |
| Jan 30, 9:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Marion, Meigs | 47 min |
| Jan 30, 9:14 AM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Cocke | 45 hr |
| Jan 30, 10:05 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Bledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Marion, Meigs and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 30, 10:48 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Knox, Loudon, Morgan, Roane and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 30, 11:02 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Blount, Monroe, Polk | 6 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Monroe, Polk | 37 min |
| Jan 30, 12:54 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Claiborne, Grainger, Hamblen, Hancock, Jefferson, Sevier | 4 hr |
| Jan 30, 2:25 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Cocke, Greene, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington | 4 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:05 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Carter, Johnson, Unicoi | 4 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:25 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Blount, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Johnson, Sevier and 1 more | 39 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:26 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Sevier | 4 hr |
| Jan 30, 4:10 PM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 39 hr |
| Jan 30, 4:10 PM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hancock | 46 hr |
| Jan 30, 4:10 PM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock | 59 hr |
| Jan 30, 4:10 PM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Hawkins, Sullivan | 39 hr |
| Jan 30, 4:26 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Knox, Loudon, Morgan, Roane and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 30, 5:02 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | MRX | Blount, Bradley, Hamilton, Knox, Loudon, McMinn and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 30, 5:18 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Claiborne, Grainger, Hamblen, Hancock, Jefferson, Sevier | 3 hr |
| Jan 30, 6:02 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | MRX | Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 30 min |
| Jan 30, 1:12 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 4 hr |
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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.