Flood, Knox
- When
- August 30, 7:30 AM EST
- Where
- Knox County, 3 mi W of Knoxville
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.993, -83.937 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Tennessee, August 30, 2001
Many roads in the Cedar Bluff, Cross Park and Bridgewater areas were flooded and closed. Several persons had to be evacuated from cars.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
Many roads in the Cedar Bluff, Cross Park and Bridgewater areas were flooded and closed. Several persons had to be evacuated from cars.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Aug 29, 7:50 PM EST, 11 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 7:50 PM EST, 11 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 850 PM EDT WED AUG 29 2001 DIURNAL CONVECTION HAS JUST ABOUT DIMINISHED EXCEPT FOR ONE THUNDERSTORM ACROSS WISE COUNTY...AND THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD DISSIPATE WITHIN THE HOUR. WILL DROP POPS FOR JUST ABOUT ALL AREAS...EXPECT SE TN AND SW NC. 50H SHORTWAVE/SHEAR AXIS ACROSS EASTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI WILL CONTINUE TO SHEAR OUT AS ENERGY STRETCHES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE. THEREFORE WILL KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS IN THIS REGION OVERNIGHT. SHOULD BE ENOUGH CI ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA TO KEEP MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES...BUT ACROSS SW VA AND NE TN WILL GO WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVERNIGHT. WITH THOSE PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES...AND CURRENT DEW POINTS IN THE MID 60S TO 70...WILL ADD PATCHY FOG TO THE FORECAST AS WELL. TEMPS LOOK ON TARGET. .MRX... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. RBP
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Rip Current in California, August 30, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 30, 2001
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, August 30 to 31, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Maryland, August 30, 2001
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 30, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 30, 2001
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 30, 2001
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 30, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 30, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 30, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 30, 2001
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, August 2001
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5268516.