Flash Flood in Tennessee, August 5, 2005

Name: Flash Flood in Tennessee, August 5, 2005
Start: 2005-08-05T21:30
End: 2005-08-05T22:30
Location: Tennessee

August 5, 2005 · NWS MRX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
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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 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 5, 6:30 PM EST, 3 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 6:30 PM EST, 3 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
730 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005

.DISCUSSION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING
INTO THE EVENING...THOUGH EXPECT SOME DECREASE IN COVERAGE WITH LOSS
OF HEATING.  AN APPROACHING BOUNDARY REMAINS WELL TO OUR NORTH AND
IS MAKING VERY SLOW PROGRESS SOUTHWARD.  WITH THE SLOWER MOVEMENT...
THE BOUNDARY SHOULDN/T HAVE SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE OVER AREA WEATHER
TONIGHT.  HOWEVER...MODELS BRINGING A WEAK WAVE INTO THE REGION
OVERNIGHT FOR AT LEAST CONTINUED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS.  ALL ON TRACK
IN THE CURRENT FORECAST...WILL UPDATE ZONES TO REMOVE EVENING
WORDING.

&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN             71  90  71  87 /  20  30  30  50
KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN  70  90  67  85 /  20  30  30  50
OAK RIDGE, TN                       70  89  68  86 /  20  30  30  50
TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN              65  87  63  84 /  30  40  30  50

&&
.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC......NONE.
TN......NONE.
VA......NONE.

&&

MJB

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 3:20 PM EST, 6 hours 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
420 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005-
006-008-061000-
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-
420 PM EDT (320 PM CDT) FRI AUG 5 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWESTERN
VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE (TODAY AND TONIGHT)...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH A FEW ISOLATED STORMS
POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY
OF STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SETTLE INTO THE REGION ON SATURDAY...AND
SHOULD HELP PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR MOST
AREAS INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MRX.

DMG

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 5, 4:22 PM EST, 5 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
522 PM EDT FRI AUG 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0320 PM     TSTM WND DMG     COKER CREEK             35.26N 84.29W
08/05/2005                   MONROE             TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN ON HWY 68 IN COKER CREEK.

0330 PM     TSTM WND DMG     12 E TELLICO PLAINS     35.37N 84.09W
08/05/2005                   MONROE             TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN ON HWY 165 ABOVE RANGER STATION OVERLOOK.

0420 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NE HAYESVILLE         35.07N 83.79W
08/05/2005                   CLAY               NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN ON TUSQUITTEE RD.

0425 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NW HAYESVILLE         35.10N 83.88W
08/05/2005                   CLAY               NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN ON FIRES CREEK RD.

0440 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 W HAYESVILLE          35.05N 83.89W
08/05/2005                   CLAY               NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN ON HWY 64.

&&

MEP

Local storm report, Aug 5, 7:46 PM EST, 1 hour 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
846 PM EDT FRI AUG 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0840 PM     TSTM WND DMG     KINGSTON                35.87N 84.51W
08/05/2005                   ROANE              TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN AND AROUND KINGSTON. REPORTED BY
            DISPATCH.

&&

GRC

Local storm report, Aug 5, 8:31 PM EST, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
931 PM EDT FRI AUG 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0925 PM     HAIL             MARYVILLE               35.75N 83.97W
08/05/2005  0.75 INCH        BLOUNT             TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PENNY SIZE HAIL ON WASHINGTON ST. IN MARYVILLE. REPORTED
            BY A TRAINED SPOTTER.

&&

GRC

Local storm report, Aug 5, 8:58 PM EST, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
958 PM EDT FRI AUG 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0935 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TEN MILE                35.67N 84.67W
08/05/2005                   MEIGS              TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN AND AROUND TEN MILE. REPORTED BY
            DISPATCH.

&&

GRC

Local storm report, Aug 5, 9:28 PM EST, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1028 PM EDT FRI AUG 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0730 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MASCOT                  36.07N 83.77W
08/05/2005                   KNOX               TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            BETWEEN 730 PM AND 830 PM 7 TREES DOWN ALONG STREETS IN
            AND AROUND MASCOT. REPORTED BY DISPATCH.

&&

GRC

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:30 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Loudon

When: August 5, 9:30 PM EST to 10:30 PM EST
Where: Loudon County, Lenoir City
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.783, -84.267

Several streets under water in the Eatonwood subdivision.

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

Every storm in Tennessee in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Tennessee, August 2005

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: 5470873.