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Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Morristown, TN

July 23, 2026Blount County, Monroe County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 23, 2026, 11:14 AM EDT for Blount County, Monroe 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 23, 2026, 11:14 AM EDT (15:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2026, 2:04 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Blount County, TN, Monroe County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:13 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 23, 7:27 AM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 7:27 AM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 2:32 AM EDT, 8 hours 42 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Morristown TN
232 AM EDT Thu Jul 23 2026

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-240645-
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-
232 AM EDT Thu Jul 23 2026 /132 AM CDT Thu Jul 23 2026/

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Showers with heavy rainfall will continue today across southern
portions of the Tennessee Valley and southwestern North Carolina.
The threat of flooding will continue in those areas, especially
in any locations that see repeated rounds of heavy rainfall. A
Flood Watch remains in effect today.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

The chance of hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter reports for flooding impacts today are appreciated.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 23, 8:55 AM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 9:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXBlount46 min
Jul 23, 5:11 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXMcMinn, Monroe109 min
Jul 23, 5:49 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBlount, Loudon, Monroe3 hr
Jul 23, 6:27 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningMRXBlount, Monroe3 hr
Jul 23, 6:45 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBlount, Jefferson, Sevier2 hr
Jul 23, 8:33 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXHamilton, Marion3 hr
Jul 23, 9:47 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBlount, Monroe4 hr
Jul 23, 11:22 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBlount, Sevier3 hr
Jul 23, 2:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBlount, Monroe3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.