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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Morristown, TN

July 20, 2023Sevier County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 20, 2023, 12:59 PM EDT for Sevier County, Tennessee. It was in force for 115 min. 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 20, 2023, 12:59 PM EDT (16:59 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 2023, 2:54 PM EDT
In force: 115 min
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Sevier County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 279 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1793 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 782 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 304 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 309 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 11.4

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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 20, 11:53 AM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 11:53 AM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 20, 4:01 AM EDT, 8 hours 58 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Morristown TN
401 AM EDT Thu Jul 20 2023

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-210815-
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-
401 AM EDT Thu Jul 20 2023 /301 AM CDT Thu Jul 20 2023/

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop and move into
the Cumberland Plateau and central Tennessee Valley this morning.
These storms will be capable of producing heavy rainfall, which
may lead to flash flooding. Strong wind gusts may also be possible
with a few storms.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

Showers and thunderstorms are expected primarily for the southern
Tennessee valley Friday afternoon. These storms will be capable
of heavy rainfall, which may lead to isolated flooding.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed today and Friday.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 20, 9:49 AM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 20, 10:27 AM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 20, 11:04 AM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 11:12 AM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 20, 11:27 AM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 12:28 PM EDT, 31 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 20, 3:49 AM EDT	Flood Watch	MRX	Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Campbell, Knox, Loudon and 8 more	16 hr
Jul 20, 7:58 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Blount, Knox, Sevier	3 hr
Jul 20, 8:05 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Anderson, Campbell, Morgan, Scott	3 hr
Jul 20, 8:28 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Sevier	5 hr
Jul 20, 8:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Loudon, Monroe, Roane	51 min
Jul 20, 8:49 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Blount, Knox, Sevier	4 hr
Jul 20, 9:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Bledsoe, Rhea	54 min
Jul 20, 9:29 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Blount, Sevier	4 hr
Jul 20, 9:40 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, Meigs, Monroe and 3 more	4 hr
Jul 20, 10:08 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Blount, Loudon, Monroe	3 hr
Jul 20, 11:00 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Morgan, Scott	4 hr
Jul 20, 11:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Meigs	33 min
Jul 20, 11:31 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Rhea, Roane	4 hr
Jul 20, 11:45 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	McMinn, Monroe	5 hr
Jul 20, 1:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Meigs, Rhea, Roane	25 min
Jul 20, 1:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Morgan and 2 more	3 hr
Jul 20, 1:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Hamilton, Meigs, Rhea	45 min
Jul 20, 2:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs, Polk, Rhea	44 min
Jul 20, 2:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Bledsoe, Meigs, Rhea	3 hr
Jul 20, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley, McMinn, Monroe, Polk	39 min
Jul 20, 3:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MRX	Blount, Sevier	3 hr
Jul 20, 3:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Hamilton, Marion, Meigs, Rhea, Sequatchie	42 min
Jul 20, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley, Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie	50 min
Jul 20, 4:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Morgan, Roane, Scott	3 hr
Jul 20, 4:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Polk	33 min
Jul 20, 4:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Bledsoe, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Rhea and 1 more	3 hr
Jul 20, 12:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Cherokee	32 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.