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Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Morristown, TN

July 27, 2025Russell County, Virginia

NWS Morristown, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2025, 8:37 PM EDT for Russell County, Virginia. 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 27, 2025, 8:37 PM EDT (00:37 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2025, 12:45 AM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Russell County, VA

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 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 Jul 27, 7:42 PM EDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 7:42 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 1:44 PM EDT, 6 hours 53 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 7:38 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 8:15 PM EDT, 22 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 28, 12:33 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Blount, Cocke, Sevier	3 hr
Jul 28, 12:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Knox	27 min
Jul 28, 12:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Grainger, Jefferson	25 min
Jul 28, 1:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Sevier	32 min
Jul 28, 1:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Hawkins	42 min
Jul 28, 1:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Monroe	23 min
Jul 28, 2:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Unicoi	45 min
Jul 28, 2:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Greene, Unicoi, Washington	39 min
Jul 28, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Monroe	30 min
Jul 28, 2:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Greene, Washington	2 hr
Jul 28, 2:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Monroe, Polk	33 min
Jul 28, 3:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Johnson, Sullivan	23 min
Jul 27, 8:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Russell, Washington	45 min
Jul 27, 8:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Russell	3 hr
Jul 27, 8:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Russell	5 hr
Jul 27, 11:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Wise	3 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.