A warm, moist, Gulf air mass was in place across the area, with a weak surface trough located over the Cumberland Plateau, which helped focus rainfall amounts of a few inches over parts of northeast Tennessee.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A warm, moist, Gulf air mass was in place across the area, with a weak surface trough located over the Cumberland Plateau, which helped focus rainfall amounts of a few inches over parts of northeast Tennessee.
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 Feb 6, 6:52 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Morristown TN 652 PM EST Wed Feb 6 2019 .AVIATION...A band of moderate to heavy rainfall has developed along a warm front stretching into East Tennessee extending from near tys to around tri. The area of lift will be moving slowly north through the night with the Great Valley fully within the warm sector on Thursday producing quite nice, vfr flight conditions with a gusty southwest surface wind. However, tonight flight weather may be predominantly mvfr at tys and to a greater extent at tri, where ifr conditions could develop later this evening into the early morning hours Thursday. && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...None. TN...None. VA...None. &&
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Morristown TN 328 PM EST Wed Feb 6 2019 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-072030- 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- 328 PM EST Wed Feb 6 2019 /228 PM CST Wed Feb 6 2019/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Southwest North Carolina...East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Scattered thunderstorms could bring brief heavy rain to the Plateau, northern and central Valley, and southwest VA late this afternoon through Midnight tonight. Ponding of water in poor drainage areas will be possible with any thunderstorms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday Another round of rain can be expected Monday and Tuesday, with heavy rainfall possible. While uncertainty is still significant that far out in time, there is a possibility of flooding with this system. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected.
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
716 PM EST WED FEB 6 2019
TNZ036-069-070100-
Anderson TN-Knox TN-
716 PM EST WED FEB 6 2019
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN KNOX AND CENTRAL
ANDERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EST...
At 716 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Clinton, moving east at 35 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Knoxville, Oak Ridge, Clinton, Halls, Blaine, House Mountain State
Park, Maloneyville, Mascot and Powell.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3600 8419 3613 8421 3617 8374 3614 8372
3609 8367 3608 8367 3610 8369 3610 8371
3606 8369 3605 8367 3603 8368 3599 8365
3598 8366 3597 8365 3593 8372
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 268DEG 31KT 3604 8412
05/MAThe Knoxville radar (KMRX), 34 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:00 UTC.
10 flash flood, 4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding and water-covered roadways throughout the county.
Cars flooded in Andersonville, as deep as halfway up the car doors.
Vehicle stranded in high water near East Raccoon Valley Drive near Heiskell.
Low spot in road near Lincoln Heights Middle School was covered with a foot of water.
Parts of State Route 131 in Knox County west of Corryton is impassable.
Multiple roads flooded across the county.
Flooding reported throughout the county. Some road washouts. Schools closed for the day.
Landslide washed out portion of Hwy 66 at the Hancock County and Hawkins County border.
Water covering Blevins Road with one vehicle rescue.
Potterstown Rd was impassable.
Poor Valley Creek Road impassable. One vehicle rescue.
Street flooding noted up to the bottom of cars.
State Road 33 closed due to flooding east of Rowe Road.
State Road 93 closed at SR 347 due to flooding.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, February 2019
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: 810243, 810246, 810258, 810261, 810272, 810276, 810293, 810279, 810283, 810289, 810292, 810294, 810295, 810296.