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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Morristown, TN

July 6, 2026Washington County, Virginia

NWS Morristown, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2026, 7:35 PM EDT for Washington 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 6, 2026, 7:35 PM EDT (23:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2026, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Washington County, VA

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 198 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2026-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 976 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2026-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
976 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
987 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 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 6, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXClaiborne51 min
Jul 6, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHancock52 min
Jul 6, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXHamblen45 min
Jul 6, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXCarter, Unicoi42 min
Jul 6, 5:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXGrainger, Jefferson118 min
Jul 6, 5:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXCarter, Johnson, Unicoi, Washington117 min
Jul 6, 5:18 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBlount, Knox, Sevier117 min
Jul 6, 5:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXKnox41 min
Jul 6, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXMeigs, Rhea51 min
Jul 6, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXSullivan, Washington44 min
Jul 6, 6:05 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXJefferson, Knox115 min
Jul 6, 6:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXSullivan44 min
Jul 6, 6:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXSullivan114 min
Jul 6, 7:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXLoudon50 min
Jul 6, 7:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXLoudon, McMinn, Monroe, Roane2 hr
Jul 6, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXLee45 min
Jul 6, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXWashington40 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.