Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 23, 2016, 5:24 PM EDT for Blount County, Monroe County, Tennessee. 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
- Jul 23, 2016, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2016, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Blount County, TN, Monroe County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 242 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
- 1181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 963 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
009
WGUS54 KMRX 232124
FFWMRX
TNC009-123-240030-
/O.NEW.KMRX.FF.W.0003.160723T2124Z-160724T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
524 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BLOUNT COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE...
NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT
* AT 523 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE ALREADY FALLEN WITHIN THE LAST HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY...PARTICULARLY ALONG RIVERS AND STREAMS
IN AND NEAR THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS! ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL
IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER THE NEXT HOUR.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MARYVILLE...ALCOA...GREENBACK...HAPPY VALLEY...CITICO BEACH...
CLOVER HILL...TALASSEE AND DEALS GAP.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
&&
LAT...LON 3541 8403 3562 8417 3565 8413 3566 8413
3567 8416 3569 8414 3577 8399 3555 8378
3552 8382 3552 8388 3547 8392 3546 8396
3542 8401
$$
AMP.232 follow-up statements
107
WGUS74 KMRX 232233
FFSMRX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
633 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2016
TNC009-123-240030-
/O.CON.KMRX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160724T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BLOUNT TN-MONROE TN-
633 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN BLOUNT AND NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTIES...
AT 631 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCED UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. THIS HAS
LEAD TO SOME SHARP WATER RISES ON MOUNTAIN STREAMS AND CREEKS WITHIN
THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS SOME
MINOR FLOODING ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF BLOUNT COUNTY. RAINFALL
HAS TAPERED OFF...ANY ANY WATER SHOULD RECEDE OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR
TWO.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MARYVILLE...ALCOA...GREENBACK...HAPPY VALLEY...CITICO BEACH...
CLOVER HILL...TALASSEE AND DEALS GAP.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
&&
LAT...LON 3541 8403 3562 8417 3565 8413 3566 8413
3567 8416 3569 8414 3577 8399 3555 8378
3552 8382 3552 8388 3547 8392 3546 8396
3542 8401
$$
AMP.23212
WGUS74 KMRX 232325
FFSMRX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
725 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2016
TNC009-123-232335-
/O.CAN.KMRX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160724T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BLOUNT TN-MONROE TN-
725 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BLOUNT AND NORTHEASTERN
MONROE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND ANY FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED.
FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO
HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3541 8403 3562 8417 3565 8413 3566 8413
3567 8416 3569 8414 3577 8399 3555 8378
3552 8382 3552 8388 3547 8392 3546 8396
3542 8401
$$
AMP.23The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 8:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Polk | 48 min |
| Jul 23, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Marion | 51 min |
| Jul 23, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Bradley | 53 min |
| Jul 23, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Blount | 52 min |
| Jul 23, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Monroe | 42 min |
| Jul 23, 5:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Bradley, Polk | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 5:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Meigs, Rhea, Roane | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Loudon | 42 min |
| Jul 23, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Roane | 39 min |
| Jul 23, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Rhea | 38 min |
| Jul 23, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Sullivan | 50 min |
| Jul 23, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Sevier | 51 min |
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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.