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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this flash flood watch at Jul 14, 2015, 3:15 PM EDT for 24 counties in Tennessee; 7 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 2015, 3:15 PM EDT (19:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2015, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Flood severity
- None
All 31 counties
Anderson County, TN, Blount County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Carter County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Greene County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Loudon County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Roane County, TN, Scott 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), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -241 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1361 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood watch went out at Jul 14, 1:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 1:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 157 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015 .AVIATION...CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS STARTING TO FORM IN THE VICINITY OF THE REMNANT SYNOPTIC BOUNDARY AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM THE MORNING STORMS. TRIED TO TIME THIS ACTION INTO TYS AND CHA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. KEPT SOME -SHRA WITH SOME TSRA AT TRI WHERE RADAR INDICATES NOT MUCH OF A GAP HERE. SHOULD BE A BETTER DAY RETURNING ON WEDNESDAY WITH SOME DRIER AIR BUILDING IN BEHIND THE OFFENDING SHORT WAVE TROUGH. && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 3:51 AM EDT, 11 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 351 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-150800- 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- 351 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015 /251 AM CDT TUE JUL 14 2015/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A WEAKENING LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA EARLY THIS MORNING. A LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUST AND HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY. A HEIGHTENED RISK FOR WIDESPREAD DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS WILL EXIST WITH ANOTHER COMPLEX OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG AND AHEAD OF A SOUTHWARD MOVING COLD FRONT. IN ADDITION TO THE DAMAGING WIND THREAT...VERY LARGE HAIL AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. ADDITIONALLY...THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW TORNADOES ALSO EXISTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
In the hours before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
301 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0814 AM TSTM WND DMG JONESVILLE 36.69N 83.12W
07/14/2015 LEE VA 911 CALL CENTER
SEVERAL TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE OVER THE PAST HOUR
1105 AM TSTM WND DMG MADISONVILLE 35.52N 84.36W
07/14/2015 MONROE TN 911 CALL CENTER
COUPLE TREES DOWN.
1151 AM HAIL ANDREWS 35.20N 83.82W
07/14/2015 E0.25 INCH CHEROKEE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
1200 PM TSTM WND DMG ANDREWS 35.20N 83.82W
07/14/2015 CHEROKEE NC 911 CALL CENTER
TREES DOWN.
1200 PM TSTM WND DMG MARBLE 35.17N 83.93W
07/14/2015 CHEROKEE NC 911 CALL CENTER
TREES DOWN.
0135 PM FLASH FLOOD ROGERSVILLE 36.41N 83.01W
07/14/2015 HAWKINS TN PUBLIC
ROAD WASHED OUT.
0150 PM TSTM WND DMG GREENEVILLE 36.17N 82.82W
07/14/2015 GREENE TN 911 CALL CENTER
TREE DOWN ON BAILEYTON RD.
0150 PM FLASH FLOOD SNEEDVILLE 36.54N 83.21W
07/14/2015 HANCOCK TN 911 CALL CENTER
SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO FLOODING. BACK
VALLEY...WILLOWTOWN..AND RIVER HOLLOW RD.
0153 PM HAIL BULLS GAP 36.26N 83.08W
07/14/2015 E0.25 INCH HAWKINS TN TRAINED SPOTTER
0210 PM HAIL 2 W GREENEVILLE 36.17N 82.85W
07/14/2015 E0.88 INCH GREENE TN PUBLIC
0220 PM TSTM WND DMG 11 SW ERWIN 36.03N 82.55W
07/14/2015 UNICOI TN 911 CALL CENTER
SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE FLAG POND AREA.
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 5:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Hancock | 44 min |
| Jul 14, 5:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Claiborne, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins and 1 more | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 6:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Carter, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:32 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Cocke, Greene, Jefferson | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 7:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Grainger, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins | 44 min |
| Jul 14, 7:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Grainger, Jefferson, Knox, Scott and 1 more | 42 min |
| Jul 14, 8:08 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Scott, Union | 112 min |
| Jul 14, 8:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Anderson, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins and 6 more | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 8:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Campbell, Morgan, Scott | 48 min |
| Jul 14, 8:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Blount, Sevier | 50 min |
| Jul 14, 9:02 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Knox, Sevier | 118 min |
| Jul 14, 9:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Anderson, Jefferson, Knox, Morgan, Roane, Union | 45 min |
| Jul 14, 9:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Blount | 38 min |
| Jul 14, 10:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Sevier | 20 min |
| Jul 14, 10:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox, Sevier | 118 min |
| Jul 14, 10:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan, Roane | 43 min |
| Jul 14, 10:23 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Blount, Loudon, Monroe, Roane | 112 min |
| Jul 14, 10:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon, McMinn, Monroe, Roane | 48 min |
| Jul 14, 11:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Hancock | 26 min |
| Jul 14, 11:50 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Hancock | 115 min |
| Jul 14, 11:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Hancock | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 12:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 55 min |
| Jul 14, 12:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Polk | 44 min |
| Jul 14, 12:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Greene, Hancock, Hawkins | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 12:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Hancock, Hawkins | 57 min |
| Jul 14, 1:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Campbell | 43 min |
| Jul 14, 1:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Hawkins | 35 min |
| Jul 14, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene, Hawkins | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 1:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell, Union | 53 min |
| Jul 14, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene, Unicoi, Washington | 22 min |
| Jul 14, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Jefferson | 36 min |
| Jul 14, 2:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Grainger, Knox, Morgan, Scott and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan | 31 min |
| Jul 14, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Knox, Union | 55 min |
| Jul 14, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Jefferson | 67 min |
| Jul 14, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan, Roane | 48 min |
| Jul 14, 3:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Morgan | 15 min |
| Jul 14, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan | 40 min |
| Jul 14, 3:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Knox, Loudon, Meigs, Morgan, Rhea, Roane | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon, Morgan, Roane | 66 min |
| Jul 14, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, McMinn, Meigs, Rhea | 61 min |
| Jul 14, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Loudon, McMinn, Monroe | 56 min |
| Jul 14, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Loudon, Sevier | 54 min |
| Jul 14, 4:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | McMinn, Monroe | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 5:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Bledsoe, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Rhea | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Polk, Rhea | 67 min |
| Jul 14, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, Marion, Meigs, Rhea and 1 more | 63 min |
| Jul 14, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Monroe | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 5:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, Marion, Polk, Sequatchie | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Polk | 37 min |
| Jul 14, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie | 48 min |
| Jul 14, 5:46 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Lee, Scott, Wise, City of Norton | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:48 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Russell, Washington, City of Bristol | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Scott, Wise, City of Norton | 43 min |
| Jul 14, 7:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Russell, Wise, City of Norton | 52 min |
| Jul 14, 11:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Cherokee | 27 min |
| Jul 14, 11:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 49 min |
| Jul 14, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 30 min |
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.