Flash Flood in Tennessee, July 29, 2001

Name: Flash Flood in Tennessee, July 29, 2001
Start: 2001-07-29T17:00
End: 2001-07-29T17:00
Location: Tennessee

July 29, 2001 · NWS MRX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

High water problems continued with a few roads closed and homes flooded.

Where it happened

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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.

High water problems continued with a few roads closed and homes flooded.

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 Jul 29, 2:18 PM EST, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 2:18 PM EST, 2 hours 42 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
318 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001

FLOODING ONGOING IN VIRGINIA AND SOME NORTHEAST TN COUNTIES.
ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS HEADED IN FROM SE KY ATTM...ASSOCIATED WITH
FRONT.  FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH OVERNIGHT...BRINGING MUCH-NEEDED
SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR.  WILL GO WITH COVERAGE POPS FOR TONIGHT WITH
SOME THIS EVENING WORDING...AND EXPECT ONLY SHOWERS MON WILL BE IN
MOUNTAINS WITH UPSLOPE AID.  WOULD NOT BE SHOCKED TO SEE ENOUGH
RESIDUAL MOISTURE TO TRIGGER A COUPLE SHOWERS IN THE VALLEY...BUT
NOT A MENTIONABLE PROBABILITY.

TEMPS FROM FWC SEEMED BETTER THAN AVN...AND WAS ACCEPTED WITH ONLY
MINOR ALTERATIONS.  LOOKS LIKE WILL GET A DRYING OUT PERIOD MON
THROUGH THU OR SO.

FCSTID = 29
CHA   73  90  71  91 /  60  10   0   0
TYS   71  88  69  89 /  50   5   5   0
TRI   68  85  64  86 /  50  10   5   0
OQT   70  88  68  89 /  50   5   5   0

.MRX...
NC...NONE.
TN...NONE.
VA...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 29, 4:24 PM EST, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
524 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1100 AM    ROAN MOUNTAIN             TN   FLASH FLOODS
07/29/01   CARTER                         WATER IN HOMES ALONG HWY
                                          143 NEAR ROAN MTN STATE
                                          PARK. REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

1000 AM    BRISTOL                   VA   FLASH FLOODS
07/29/01   WASHINGTON                     WATER DAMAGE TO NUMEROUS
                                          HOMES BETWEEN 10AM AND 3PM,
                                          IN BRISTOL. REPORTED BY
                                          BRISTOL, VA PD.

1000 AM    MOUNTAIN CITY             TN   FLASH FLOODS
07/29/01   JOHNSON                        WATER ENTERING HOMES AND
                                          BUSINESSES IN MOUNTAIN
                                          CITY. REPORTED BY PD.

1050 AM    HONAKER                   VA   FLASH FLOODS
07/29/01   RUSSELL                        ROADS FLOODED/CLOSED IN
                                          HONAKER. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

1015 AM    COEBURN                   VA   FLASH FLOODS
07/29/01   WISE                           WATER ENTERING HOMES IN
                                          COEBURN. REPORTED BY
                                          SPOTTER

1130 AM    MOUNTAIN CITY             TN   FLASH FLOODS
07/29/01   JOHNSON                        WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN
                                          MOUNTAIN CITY. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT

1135 AM    BLOUNTVILLE               TN   FLASH FLOODS
07/29/01   SULLIVAN                       WATER IN BUSINESS (EAST TN
                                          TEMP CONTROLS) AND TWO
                                          VEHICLES SUBMERGED IN
                                          PARKING LOT. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0100 PM    ABINGDON                  VA   FLASH FLOODS
07/29/01   WASHINGTON                     WATER ENTERING HOME ON
                                          WOODLAND HILLS RD NEAR
                                          ABINGDON. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0210 PM    HUNTER                    TN   FLASH FLOODS
07/29/01   CARTER                         HWY 91 NORTH OF HUNTER,
                                          WATER IN HOMES AND ROAD
                                          CLOSED. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0300 PM    BRISTOL                   TN   FLASH FLOODS
07/29/01   SULLIVAN                       WATER ENTERED HOME ON
                                          WYATT HOLLOW RD. REPORTED
                                          BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0330 PM    DAMASCUS                  VA   FLASH FLOODS
07/29/01   WASHINGTON                     HWY 91 CLOSED NEAR
                                          DAMASCUS. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

1200 PM    BIG STONE GAP             VA   FLASH FLOODS
07/29/01   WISE                           WIDESPREAD FLOODING.
                                          REPORTED BY COUNTY EMA.

0330 PM    FORT BLACKMORE            VA   FLASH FLOODS
07/29/01   SCOTT                          WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS
                                          THE COUNTY, ROADS CLOSED,
                                          BRIDGES WASHED OUT. FORT
                                          BLACKMORE AREA ESPECIALLY
                                          HARD HIT. REPORTED BY EMA.
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The radar

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Sullivan

When: July 29, 5:00 PM EST
Where: Sullivan County, Countywide
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 36.513, -82.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Tennessee in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Tennessee, July 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: 5262008.