A moist southwesterly flow aloft ran nearly parallel to a stalled cold front near east Tennessee on the 23rd. A surface low near Lake Charles LA would move up the boundary and produce a second round of rains on the 24th.
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The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.
A moist southwesterly flow aloft ran nearly parallel to a stalled cold front near east Tennessee on the 23rd. A surface low near Lake Charles LA would move up the boundary and produce a second round of rains on the 24th.
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 23, 4:02 AM EST, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
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</html>The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:01 UTC.
11 flood, 10 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous roads were flooded and closed across the county. Water rescues from stranded vehicles occurred in Hixson and Signal Mountain.
Roads were flooded and a vehicle stranded near Lone Oak.
Several roadways were closed due to flooding.
The intersection of Curtis Road and Midway Road was closed for flooding, where a woman was rescued from her stranded car.
Midway Drive and Airport Road were closed due to flooding.
Roadway flooded at SR 61 and Jim Town Road.
Rain totaled 3.47 inches over the past 24 hours near Cartwright.
Numerous roads flooded mainly in the southwest portion of Greene County.
Multiple agencies responded to a swift water rescue of a person trapped in floodwaters behind Stanley Valley Road near Bray Road and George Allen Road.
Minor flooding was reported near Gray.
Flooding reported on Tazewell Pike.
Flooding reported across the southern portion of the county, including Bulls Gap.
Numerous roads were flooded and several were impassable across the county.
Minor flooding was occurring on several roadways across the county, but no known road closures yet.
Flooding near the intersection of White Avenue and Colonial Drive. The road was being monitored for possible closure.
About a one hundred foot long stretch of Tarpine Valley Road was covered by flowing water near its intersection with state Road 70.
Raccoon Valley Drive was flooded.
Several roads were closed due to flooding, mainly across the western half of the county including Kingsport, but also in Bluff City.
State Road 160 was flooded between Bybee Road and Pine Ridge Way.
Kidwell Ridge Road was flooded along the creek crossing.
Forty roads remained flooded across the county, with numerous closures now reported. Two feet of water covered Old Baileytown Road near North Greene High School.
High water observed on roadway near Laurel Bloomery, but road was still passable.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, February 2022
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1009706, 1009705, 1009707, 1009709, 1009710, 1009711, 1009708, 1009712, 1009713, 1009714, 1009715, 1009716, 1009717, 1009718, 1009722, 1009723, 1009724, 1009719, 1009720, 1009725, 1009721, 1009726.