Flood, Washington
- When
- August 30, 10:30 AM EST
- Where
- Washington County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.293, -82.497 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Tennessee, August 30, 2001
Numerous roads flooded and several closed. The Fall Branch Fire Department building was flooded and 3 homes were evacuated in Johnson City.
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.
Numerous roads flooded and several closed. The Fall Branch Fire Department building was flooded and 3 homes were evacuated in Johnson City.
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 30, 8:50 AM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 8:50 AM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 950 AM EDT THU AUG 30 2001 SHORT-WAVE MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA IS PRODUCING A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE REGION...ESPECIALLY CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST. THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...SO PLAN ON GOING FOR HIGHER POPS THERE. SOME TRAINING OF CELLS OVER THE CENTRAL VALLEY HAS CAUSED SOME RUNOFF PROBLEMS EARLIER THIS MORNING...BUT SEEMS ACTIVITY IS MOVING A LITTLE FASTER NOW. SOME LOCALIZED FLASH FLOOD PROBLEMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE...BUT LATEST RADAR TRENDS ARE SHOWING SOME WEAKENING OF SHOWERS AND STORMS. AT THIS TIME...I AN NOT PLANNING ON ISSUED A FFA. HOWEVER...I DO PLAN ON LOWERING HIGHS...ESPECIALLY CENTRAL AND NORTHERN SECTIONS DUE TO THE RAIN AND CLOUDS. .MRX... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. DH
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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- Flash Flooding and Hail in Maryland, August 30, 2001
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 30, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 30, 2001
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- 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: 5268518.