Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Watches in 2018
Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this flash flood watch at Jun 26, 2018, 1:09 PM EDT for 7 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 2018, 1:09 PM EDT (17:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2018, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Flood severity
- None
Counties 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), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:12 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 685 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 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 Jun 26, 1:08 PM EDT, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 1:08 PM EDT, 1 minute before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 3:14 AM EDT, 9 hours 55 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Morristown TN 314 AM EDT Tue Jun 26 2018 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-270715- 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- 314 AM EDT Tue Jun 26 2018 /214 AM CDT Tue Jun 26 2018/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Southwest North Carolina...East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Strong to severe storms are expected this afternoon with damaging winds being the primary threat. Hail up to quarter size and localized flash flooding will also be possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop over the Southern Appalachian Region Wednesday afternoon. A few of these storms may become strong or severe, producing damaging winds, hail and heavy rainfall with localized flash flooding possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be need this afternoon and again on Wednesday afternoon.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 26, 11:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1140 AM EDT TUE JUN 26 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1120 AM TSTM WND DMG WISE 36.98N 82.58W
06/26/2018 WISE VA 911 CALL CENTER
SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN WISE.
&&Local storm report, Jun 26, 11:42 AM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1142 AM EDT TUE JUN 26 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1120 AM FLOOD POUND 37.12N 82.61W
06/26/2018 WISE VA 911 CALL CENTER
WATER ACROSS ROUTE 23.
&&Special weather statement, Jun 26, 12:14 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
1214 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2018
VAZ006-008-261700-
Washington VA-Russell VA-
1214 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN RUSSELL AND
WASHINGTON COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF BRISTOL UNTIL 100 PM EDT...
At 1212 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Lebanon to 9 miles west of Abingdon to 11
miles north of Walnut Hill. Movement was southeast at 30 mph.
Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with these storms. Also,
localized flooding of low spots will be possible.
Locations impacted include...
Bristol Va, Abingdon, Lebanon, Glade Spring, Damascus, Emory-Meadow
View, Lindell, Collingwood, Holston, Hansonville, Hilander Park,
Benhams and Konnarock.
LAT...LON 3661 8166 3662 8192 3660 8194 3661 8229
3678 8236 3681 8224 3692 8208 3680 8171
3664 8162 3663 8161
TIME...MOT...LOC 1612Z 299DEG 27KT 3683 8203 3676 8213 3671 8233
GMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 4:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Hamblen | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 5:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Cocke | 52 min |
| Jun 26, 6:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Hamblen | 53 min |
| Jun 26, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Hancock | 45 min |
| Jun 26, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Grainger | 44 min |
| Jun 26, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Scott | 66 min |
| Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hamblen, Hawkins | 43 min |
| Jun 26, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Scott, Union | 67 min |
| Jun 26, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan | 39 min |
| Jun 26, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Claiborne, Hancock | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Greene | 60 min |
| Jun 26, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Grainger, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson and 3 more | 41 min |
| Jun 26, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, Morgan, Roane | 48 min |
| Jun 26, 5:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox and 1 more | 78 min |
| Jun 26, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Blount, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs and 3 more | 56 min |
| Jun 26, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Greene, Hawkins | 64 min |
| Jun 26, 5:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, Meigs, Morgan and 2 more | 115 min |
| Jun 26, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Unicoi | 38 min |
| Jun 26, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs and 4 more | 65 min |
| Jun 26, 6:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Bledsoe, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Rhea | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Unicoi | 56 min |
| Jun 26, 6:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Greene | 53 min |
| Jun 26, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, Marion, Polk, Sequatchie | 58 min |
| Jun 26, 10:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Wise, City of Norton | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 11:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol | 38 min |
| Jun 26, 12:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Washington, City of Bristol | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 12:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Russell, Washington, City of Bristol | 113 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.