Flash Flood, McMinn
- When
- September 4, 8:00 PM EST to 9:30 PM EST
- Where
- McMinn County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.425, -84.617 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Tennessee, September 4, 2006
Flash flooding from a slow moving thunderstorm cluster closed roads countywide.
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.
Flash flooding from a slow moving thunderstorm cluster closed roads countywide.
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 Sep 4, 8:00 PM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 4, 8:00 PM EST, 0 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 900 PM EDT MON SEP 4 2006 .DISCUSSION...PRECIP CONTINUES TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AS UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO APPROACH THE FORECAST AREA. NO UPDATE REQUIRED AS LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL POPS BEING CARRIED IN THE CURRENT FORECAST PACKAGE SEEM APPROPRIATE. TEMPS ALSO REASONABLE BASED ON LATEST GUIDANCE AND TRENDS. && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && LCM
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 4, 3:12 AM EST, 16 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 412 AM EDT MON SEP 4 2006 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-050815- 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- 312 AM CDT MON SEP 4 2006 /412 AM EDT MON SEP 4 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 4, 7:34 PM EST, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 834 PM EDT MON SEP 4 2006 TNZ086-087-050130- NORTHWEST MONROE-SOUTHEAST MONROE- 834 PM EDT MON SEP 4 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING MONROE COUNTY... AT 830 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES EAST OF ETOWAH....MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR...MAY OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN 17
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 137 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:59 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
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Illinois, September 4, 2006
- Lightning Strike in Florida, September 4, 2006
- Lightning Strike in Florida, September 4, 2006
- Flooding in Texas, September 4, 2006
- Flash Flood in California, September 4, 2006
- Flooding in New Mexico, September 4, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, September 4, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, September 4, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, September 4, 2006
- Hail and Heavy Rain in Illinois, September 4, 2006
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, September 4, 2006
- Waterspout in South Atlantic Coastal Waters, September 4, 2006
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, September 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: 5530651.