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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Morristown, TN

August 3, 20234 counties in Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 3, 2023, 3:33 PM EDT for 4 counties in Tennessee. 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: Aug 3, 2023, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2023, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Cocke County, TN, Greene County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Jefferson County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 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 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 Aug 3, 3:23 PM EDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 3:23 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 3:04 PM EDT, 29 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
Aug 3, 3:24 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock, Hawkins	70 min
Aug 3, 4:34 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock, Hawkins	116 min
Aug 3, 6:35 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins, Jefferson	7 hr
Aug 3, 9:37 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Cocke, Greene, Unicoi, Washington	4 hr
Aug 3, 3:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, Roane, Sevier	118 min
Aug 3, 3:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins, Jefferson	4 hr
Aug 3, 4:21 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	MRX	Greene	3 hr
Aug 3, 4:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Greene, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington	3 hr
Aug 3, 7:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MRX	Greene	2 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.