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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Morristown, TN

July 7, 2026Anderson County, Morgan County, Scott County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 2026, 6:02 PM EDT for Anderson County, Morgan County, Scott County, 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
Jul 7, 2026, 6:02 PM EDT (22:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2026, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Anderson County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Scott County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 2026-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 742 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 2026-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
742 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
792 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 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 7, 5:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXMorgan27 min
Jul 7, 7:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXCocke, Sevier26 min
Jul 6, 8:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXRussell45 min
Jul 6, 8:18 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXRussell, Wise2 hr
Jul 6, 9:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMRXRussell3 hr

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.