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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Morristown, TN

July 28, 2022Cherokee County, Clay County, North Carolina

NWS Morristown, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2022, 11:13 PM EDT for Cherokee County, Clay County, North Carolina. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 2022, 11:13 PM EDT (03:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2022, 3:00 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Cherokee County, NC, Clay County, NC

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 269 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2022-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1173 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2022-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1173 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
966 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.8

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning 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 warning went out at Jul 28, 9:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 9:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 3:17 PM EDT, 7 hours 56 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Morristown TN
317 PM EDT Thu Jul 28 2022

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-291930-
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-Northwest 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 VA-Russell-Washington VA-
317 PM EDT Thu Jul 28 2022 /217 PM CDT Thu Jul 28 2022/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest North
Carolina...east Tennessee and southwest Virginia.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Localized flash flooding is the main concern through tonight with
a Flood Watch in effect for southwest Virginia and northern
portions of East Tennessee until 10 PM Friday evening. Isolated
damaging wind gusts are also possible through the evening hours.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

Locally heavy rainfall is expected Friday and Saturday with any
daily storms that develop. As a result, localized flash flooding
will be possible each day, with the highest risk for flooding
north of I-40 Friday but shifting south some Saturday as the
frontal boundary moves south. In addition, isolated damaging winds
are possible each day, mainly during the afternoon and evenings
with any stronger storms that develop.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Reports of flooding and wind damage may be needed this evening
through the weekend.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 9:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
908 PM EDT Thu Jul 28 2022

TNZ067-068-290200-
Roane TN-Loudon TN-
908 PM EDT Thu Jul 28 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Loudon and Roane
Counties through 1000 PM EDT...

At 907 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Fairview, or near Kingston, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Oak Ridge, Lenoir City, Kingston, Rockwood, Loudon, Fairview,
Midtown, Harriman, Philadelphia and Paint Rock.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3569 8463 3571 8462 3573 8464 3571 8466
      3572 8466 3595 8460 3596 8455 3597 8431
      3590 8427 3585 8421 3567 8423 3566 8441
      3567 8443 3566 8446 3567 8450 3566 8451
      3565 8462
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 269DEG 19KT 3581 8454

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
Local storm report, Jul 28, 9:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 8:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXBledsoe, Meigs, Rhea45 min
Jul 28, 8:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXLoudon, Meigs, Rhea, Roane46 min
Jul 28, 8:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBledsoe, Rhea3 hr
Jul 28, 8:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXMeigs47 min
Jul 28, 9:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs, Rhea41 min
Jul 28, 9:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXLoudon, Roane52 min
Jul 28, 9:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXBradley, McMinn, Monroe, Polk37 min
Jul 28, 10:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXMonroe52 min
Jul 28, 10:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXPolk50 min
Jul 28, 11:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXMonroe4 hr
Jul 29, 1:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXScott47 min
Jul 29, 2:32 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXScott3 hr
Jul 29, 10:49 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBledsoe, Meigs, Rhea, Roane3 hr
Jul 29, 10:56 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXLee, Scott3 hr
Jul 29, 12:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMRXLee2 hr
Jul 29, 12:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXRussell, Scott, Washington, City of Bristol3 hr
Jul 28, 10:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXCherokee, Clay57 min
Jul 28, 10:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXCherokee, Clay3 hr
Jul 29, 3:00 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXCherokee, Clay2 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.