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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Morristown, TN

July 22, 201928 counties in Tennessee; 7 counties in Virginia

NWS Morristown, TN issued this flash flood watch at Jul 22, 2019, 3:18 AM EDT for 28 counties in Tennessee; 7 counties in Virginia. It took effect at Jul 22, 2019, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 22, 2019, 3:18 AM EDT (07:18 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 22, 2019, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired: Jul 23, 2019, 11:00 AM EDT
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Flood severity: None

All 35 counties

Anderson County, TN, Bledsoe 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, McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Rhea 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), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 22, 1:34 AM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 1:34 AM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 22, 2:35 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Anderson, Campbell	3 hr
Jul 22, 3:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Morgan, Scott	3 hr
Jul 22, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Campbell	46 min
Jul 22, 4:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Sullivan	43 min
Jul 22, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Jefferson, Knox	45 min
Jul 22, 4:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Anderson, Knox	3 hr
Jul 22, 5:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Blount	40 min
Jul 22, 5:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Hawkins, Sullivan	3 hr
Jul 22, 5:37 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Grainger, Jefferson, Knox	3 hr
Jul 22, 6:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Blount, Jefferson, Knox, Sevier	3 hr
Jul 22, 6:05 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Loudon, Roane	3 hr
Jul 22, 6:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Loudon, Roane	48 min
Jul 22, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Sevier	46 min
Jul 22, 6:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Bledsoe	49 min
Jul 22, 7:24 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Bledsoe, Sequatchie	3 hr
Jul 22, 7:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Rhea	3 hr
Jul 22, 7:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Blount, Loudon, McMinn, Monroe	46 min
Jul 22, 1:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Russell, Scott, Washington	115 min
Jul 22, 4:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Russell, Scott, Washington, City of Bristol	3 hr
Jul 22, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Washington	48 min
Jul 22, 7:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Cherokee	41 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.