Flash Flood, Hawkins
- When
- July 1, 7:30 PM EST to 8:30 PM EST
- Where
- Hawkins County, Rogersville
- Reported by
- AIRPLANE PILOT
- Coordinates
- 36.441, -82.945 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Tennessee, July 1, 2006
Flooding across highway 70 in the stiggersville community from heavy thunderstorm rains. Temporarily closed roads.
Where it happened
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- 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.
Flooding across highway 70 in the stiggersville community from heavy thunderstorm rains. Temporarily closed roads. Other easily flooded low spots also affected.
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 1, 7:30 PM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 7:30 PM EST, 0 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 830 PM EDT SAT JUL 1 2006 .DISCUSSION...LOOKS LIKE ISOLATED CONVECTION LOSING STEAM WITH LOSS OF INSOLATION. WILL UPDATE ZONES TO REMOVE PRECIP. REMAINDER OF FORECAST ON TRACK WITH SOME FOG DEVELOPMENT OVERNIGHT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 67 93 69 94 / 10 10 10 20 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 66 91 69 92 / 10 10 10 20 OAK RIDGE, TN 66 93 69 93 / 10 10 10 20 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 61 91 61 90 / 10 10 10 20 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 8:40 AM EST, 10 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 940 AM EDT SAT JUL 1 2006 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-021000- CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS- SULLIVAN-JOHNSON-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN- NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE- SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER- SOUTHEAST CARTER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT- BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE- SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK-EAST POLK-LEE- WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- 940 AM CDT SAT JUL 1 2006 /840 AM EDT SAT JUL 1 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS EAST TENNESSEE... SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... PLENTY OF SUNSHINE TODAY ALONG WITH SLOWLY INCREASING MOISTURE OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS WILL ALLOW THE AIRMASS TO BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL INITIALLY DEVELOP MAINLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...THEN MOVE INTO THE VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DUE TO THE EXPECTED INSTABILITY...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE MAIN CONCERN BEING DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS AND HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE. ALSO...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY AS WELL WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY... ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TOWARD THE AREA FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY INCREASING THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. DUE TO THE STRONGER WINDS ALOFT AND EXPECTED VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS...SOME OF THESE STORMS EACH DAY MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ALSO...DUE TO THE ABUNDANT MOISTURE...TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE ANTICIPATED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... AND FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. DH
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:25 UTC.
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
- Drought in Texas, July 1 to 31, 2006
- Drought in Texas, July 1 to 31, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 1, 2006
- Drought in Oklahoma, July 1 to 31, 2006
- Hail in Nebraska, July 1, 2006
- Hail and Strong Wind in Texas, July 1, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 1, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 1, 2006
- Tropical Storm in Guam, July 1, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 1, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 1, 2006
- Drought in New Mexico, July 1 to 31, 2006
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, July 2006
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: 5519481.