3 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 Jun 23, 8:16 AM EST, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 916 AM EDT WED JUN 23 2004 .DISCUSSION... WILL TWEAK ZONES FOR TEMPS...MAINLY TO LOWER SLIGHTLY. FLOOD WATCH LOOKS GOOD WITH LOTS OF SHOWERS/STORMS MOVING TOWARD THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST. EXPECT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. WILL CHANGE THE WORDING TO ADD PERIODS OF TO THE PRECIPITATION TO INDICATE THAT IT WONT RAIN NONSTOP ALL DAY. OTHERWISE GRIDS AND FORECAST LOOK GOOD. WILL MONITOR RAINFALL RATES VERY CLOSELY...ESPECIALLY OVER AREAS FROM WEST KNOX AND NORTHERN BLOUNT COUNTIES WEST-SOUTHWEST INTO LOUDON...NORTHERN MONROE...SOUTHERN ROANE...AND INTO NORTHERN MEIGS AND NORTHERN RHEA COUNTIES...WHERE RAINFALL THE LAST FEW DAYS HAS BEEN HEAVIEST. THESE AREAS WILL LIKELY BE THE FIRST TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING AS THE NEW RAINS MOVE IN. && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...FLOOD WATCH FROM 600 AM EDT WEDNESDAY UNTIL 400 PM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR ZONES NCZ060>061. TN...FLOOD WATCH FROM 600 AM EDT WEDNESDAY UNTIL 400 PM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR ZONES TNZ012>018...TNZ035>047...TNZ067>074...TNZ081>087... TNZ098>102. VA...FLOOD WATCH FROM 600 AM EDT WEDNESDAY UNTIL 400 PM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR ZONES VAZ001>002...VAZ005>006...VAZ008. && SP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 505 AM EDT WED JUN 23 2004 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-240900- ANDERSON-BLEDSOE-BLOUNT SMOKY MTN-BRADLEY-CAMPBELL-CHEROKEE- CLAIBORNE-CLAY-COCKE SMOKY MTN-EAST POLK-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-HAMILTON- HANCOCK-HAWKINS-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-KNOX-LEE-LOUDON-MARION-MCMINN- MEIGS-MORGAN-NORTH SEVIER-NORTHWEST CARTER-NORTHWEST COCKE- NORTHWEST GREENE-NORTHWEST MONROE-NW BLOUNT-RHEA-ROANE-RUSSELL- SCOTT TN-SCOTT VA-SEQUATCHIE-SEVIER SMOKY MTN-SOUTHEAST CARTER- SOUTHEAST GREENE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-SULLIVAN-UNICOI-UNION- WASHINGTON TN-WASHINGTON VA-WEST POLK-WISE- 505 AM EDT (405 AM CDT) WED JUN 23 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE (TODAY AND TONIGHT)... ...FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT (3 PM CDT)... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS TODAY. A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL ALLOW NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA TODAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... ...HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY... A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ALOFT WILL MOVE NORTHEAST FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO TO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS FRIDAY. ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL BE PULLED NORTHEAST WITH THIS SYSTEM INTO THE REGION ALLOWING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. ALSO...MAY BE REQUIRED FRIDAY DUE TO THE RETURN POTENTIAL OF FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS...LOW LYING AREAS...AND STREET FLOODING. STAY TUNED OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MRX. DH
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:18 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Highway 93 flooded and was closed for the afternoon.
Strahl Road flooded and was closed.
Claxton Road, Old Emory Road, and Bewells Road were all flooded and closed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, June 2004
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: 5403847, 5403848, 5403849.