Flash Flood, Wise
- When
- July 29, 11:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wise County, Big Stone Gap
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.975, -82.621 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Virginia, July 29, 2001
Widespread flooding.
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.
Widespread flooding.
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, 10:30 AM EST, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 10:30 AM EST, 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1130 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001 FLASH FLOOD WARNING AREA WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE EXTENDED. SPOTTERS...LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE AND HAVE CONFIRMED FLOODING IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS. REMAINDER OF CWA STILL UNDER A GOOD PRECIPITATION THREAT BUT WILL LIKELY STAY IN THE ADVISORY RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW RIVERS FORECAST TO REACH FLOOD STAGE...SOMEWHAT BASED ON QPF...SO RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS MAY SOON BE ISSUED. .MRX... NC...NONE. TN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SUNDAY FOR ZONES TNZ012>018...TNZ035... TNZ042>047. VA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SUNDAY FOR ZONES VAZ001>002... VAZ005>006...VAZv008. SON
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 29, 6:06 AM EST, 4 hours 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
706 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0700 AM SOUTHERN PART COUNTY VA FLASH FLOODS
07/29/01 RUSSELL HIGHWAY 65 IN SOUTHERN
PART OF COUNTY NEAR SCOTT
COUNTY IMPASSABLE DUE TO
HIGH WATER. REPORTED BY
DISPATCH.
GMThe radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Illinois, July 29 to 31, 2001
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, July 29, 2001
- Flash Flood in Virginia, July 29, 2001
- Rip Current in Florida, July 29, 2001
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, July 29, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 29, 2001
- Heat and Lightning Strike in Mississippi, July 29, 2001
- Volcanic Ash in Puerto Rico, July 29, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Virginia, July 29 to 30, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 29, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 29, 2001
- Volcanic Ash in U.S. Virgin Islands, July 29, 2001
More
Every storm in Virginia in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, 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: 5261927.