Flash Flood in Tennessee, June 15, 2007

Name: Flash Flood in Tennessee, June 15, 2007
Start: 2007-06-15T19:00
End: 2007-06-15T20:00
Location: Tennessee

June 15, 2007 · NWS MRX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Stationary thunderstorm over Sullivan County caused flooding.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $10,000
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.

Stationary thunderstorm over Sullivan County caused 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 Jun 15, 1:45 PM EST, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 1:45 PM EST, 5 hours 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
245 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2007

.SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT AND SATURDAY)...SCATTERED CONVECTION OVER THE
AREA AGAIN TODAY AS EXPECTED...WITH YET ANOTHER WEAK IMPULSE SLIDING
DOWN FROM THE NORTH.  THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD DIMINISH DURING THE
EVENING AND THEN END AS LOWER ATMOSPHERE COOLS.  UPPER RIDGE BEGINS
BUILDING INTO THE AREA SATURDAY.  MAY STILL BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY
DESPITE MID LEVEL WARMING FOR SOME AFTERNOON CONVECTION EVEN IN
VALLEY LOCATIONS...BUT FOR NOW WILL GO WITH ONGOING FORECAST AND
KEEP POPS BELOW 15 IN THE VALLEY AND JUST CARRY SLIGHT CHANCE IN THE
EASTERN MOUNTAINS. MAV TEMPS GENERALLY LOOK REASONABLE...SO ONLY
SOME MINOR TWEAKS.

.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...MAIN ISSUE FOR THE LONG TERM IS
TIMING AND EXTENT OF MID-WEEK SYSTEM. AFTER MAINLY TRANQUIL
CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY WORK WEEK...GFS CONTINUES TO ADVERTISE
APPROACH OF UPPER TROUGH/SURFACE COLD FRONT BY LATE TUESDAY/EARLY
WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...THERE CONTINUES TO BE PROFOUND DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN MEDIUM-RANGE MODELS AND VARIOUS ENSEMBLE SUITES ON THE
AMPLITUDE AND TIMING OF THIS EVENT. THE GFS SOLUTION OF PUSHING THE
SURFACE FRONT THROUGH AND WELL SOUTH OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
SEEMS SOMEWHAT UNLIKELY GIVEN THE TIME OF YEAR...BUT GFS HAS BEEN
FAIRLY CONSISTENT WITH THIS PROGRESSION FOR SEVERAL RUNS. BASED ON
THIS UNCERTAINTY...AM INCLINED TO NOT MAKE ANY MAJOR CHANGES FOR
CONSISTENCY SAKE UNTIL THE EVOLUTION OF THIS EVENT BECOMES MORE
CLEAR.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN             64  89  65  93  66 /  20  10   0   0   0
KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN  62  87  60  90  65 /  20  10   0   0   0
OAK RIDGE, TN                       61  89  59  93  64 /  20  10   0   0   0
TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN              56  83  55  88  58 /  20  10   0   0   0

&&

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

LDW/LCM

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 9:40 AM EST, 9 hours 20 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1040 AM EDT FRI JUN 15 2007

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-161445-
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-
1040 AM EDT FRI JUN 15 2007 /940 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2007/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUDNERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND THIS EVENING. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CROSS THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...INCREASING INSTABILITY AND
GIVING A CHANCE OF SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. THE MAIN THREAT
FROM THE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS...WITH SOME
LARGE HAIL ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 15, 2:44 PM EST, 4 hours 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
344 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2007

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

0325 PM     HAIL             CLAIRFIELD              36.55N 83.95W
06/15/2007  E0.75 INCH       CLAIBORNE          TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TAZEWELL CITY POLICE REPORTED PENNY SIZE HAIL IN WESTERN
            CLAIBORME COUNTY.

0325 PM     HAIL             SPRING CITY             35.69N 84.86W
06/15/2007  E1.00 INCH       RHEA               TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN SPRING CITY. REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

0315 PM     HAIL             2 S WHITE OAK           36.50N 84.04W
06/15/2007  E4.25 INCH       CAMPBELL           TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL NEAR WHITE OAK. REPORTED BY DISPATCH.

&&

GRC

Local storm report, Jun 15, 3:03 PM EST, 3 hours 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
403 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2007

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

0311 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WHITWELL                35.20N 85.52W
06/15/2007                   MARION             TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            1 TREE DOWN IN WHITWELL. REPORTED BY CITY POLICE.

&&

GRC

Local storm report, Jun 15, 3:23 PM EST, 3 hours 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
423 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2007

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

0350 PM     HAIL             SPRING CITY             35.69N 84.86W
06/15/2007  E1.00 INCH       RHEA               TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL NEAR SPRING CITY. BROKE THE WINDSHIELD
            ON A POLICE CRUISER. REPORTED BY DISPATCH.

&&

GRC

Local storm report, Jun 15, 4:42 PM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
542 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2007

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

0517 PM     HAIL             1 SSW JELLICO           36.56N 84.14W
06/15/2007  E1.75 INCH       CAMPBELL           TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL ALONG I-75...1 MILE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF
            JELLICO. REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

0528 PM     HAIL             CLEVELAND               35.18N 84.87W
06/15/2007  E0.75 INCH       BRADLEY            TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PENNY SIZE HAIL JUST SOUTHEAST OF CLEVELAND. REPORTED BY
            DISPATCH.

0510 PM     HAIL             CHURCH HILL             36.53N 82.71W
06/15/2007  E0.88 INCH       HAWKINS            TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKLE SIZE HAIL IN CHURCH HILL. REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

&&

GRC

Local storm report, Jun 15, 5:24 PM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
624 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2007

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

0618 PM     HAIL             4 SW BLUFF CITY         36.42N 82.33W
06/15/2007  E1.00 INCH       SULLIVAN           TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

Local storm report, Jun 15, 6:20 PM EST, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
720 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2007

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

0345 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MAYNARDVILLE            36.25N 83.81W
06/15/2007                   UNION              TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FEW TREES DOWN ON HURRICANE HOLLOW ROAD.

&&

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:02 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Sullivan

When: June 15, 7:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Sullivan County, 3.2 mi SE of Emmett
Cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 36.498, -82.078

Highway 421 at Pemberton Road washed out.

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 2007 Every state in 2007 This day in weather history Warnings in Tennessee, June 2007

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: 39618.