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Flash Flood Warning 54, NWS Morristown, TN

August 2, 2025Claiborne County, Hancock County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2025, 8:35 PM EDT for Claiborne County, Hancock County, Tennessee. It was in force for 3 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 2, 2025, 8:35 PM EDT (00:35 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 2025, 11:30 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Claiborne County, TN, Hancock County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 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 2, 7:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 7:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 2:29 PM EDT, 6 hours 6 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Morristown TN
229 PM EDT Sat Aug 2 2025

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-031830-
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-
229 PM EDT Sat Aug 2 2025 /129 PM CDT Sat Aug 2 2025/

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

The probability of widespread hazardous weather is low.

However, scattered slow moving showers and thunderstorms will
continue into the evening hours. Localized heavy rainfall and
flash flooding will be possible with some of these.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not needed at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 2, 6:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Morristown TN
615 PM EDT Sat Aug 2 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0614 PM     Flash Flood      Hartford                35.81N 83.14W
08/02/2025                   Cocke              TN   Law Enforcement

            Water across interstate 75 and Hartford Rd.

&&

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Local storm report, Aug 2, 7:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 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 2, 10:05 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	MRX	Cocke	9 hr
Aug 2, 9:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Cherokee	119 min

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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.