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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Morristown, TN

July 3, 2026Hamilton County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2026, 4:08 PM EDT for Hamilton 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
Jul 3, 2026, 4:08 PM EDT (20:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2026, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Hamilton County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 12:00Z on 2026-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2643 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 12:00Z on 2026-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2643 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1100 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 1:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXSequatchie24 min
Jul 3, 1:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXBledsoe40 min
Jul 3, 2:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBledsoe, Sequatchie27 min
Jul 3, 2:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXMarion38 min
Jul 3, 3:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXHamilton40 min
Jul 3, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBradley, Hamilton43 min
Jul 3, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHamilton, Marion40 min
Jul 3, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs, Rhea45 min
Jul 3, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXBlount49 min
Jul 3, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXMonroe39 min
Jul 3, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMcMinn, Meigs, Rhea38 min
Jul 3, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXBledsoe45 min
Jul 3, 5:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXMcMinn, Meigs113 min
Jul 3, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXSevier52 min
Jul 3, 5:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXLoudon, Monroe48 min
Jul 3, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXMeigs, Rhea46 min
Jul 3, 6:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXMcMinn27 min
Jul 3, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXLoudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Roane49 min
Jul 3, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMorgan, Roane49 min
Jul 3, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXAnderson48 min
Jul 3, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson, Loudon, Morgan, Roane51 min
Jul 3, 7:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXMorgan42 min
Jul 3, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXMorgan31 min
Jul 3, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMorgan52 min
Jul 3, 7:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson, Campbell, Morgan45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.