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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Morristown, TN

September 26, 2009Sevier County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Sep 26, 2009, 10:55 PM EDT for Sevier County, Tennessee. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 26, 2009, 10:55 PM EDT (02:55 UTC)
Expired: Sep 27, 2009, 7:09 AM EDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Flood severity: Minor

County Sevier County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Little Pigeon River above Sevierville (SEVT1).

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03470000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, 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 this river flood warning went out at Sep 26, 9:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 26, 9:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 26, 10:10 AM EDT, 12 hours 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1010 AM EDT SAT SEP 26 2009

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-271000-
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-
1010 AM EDT (910 AM CDT) SAT SEP 26 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE INTO A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE OVER THE
REGION TO CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY. WITH
THE GROUND ALREADY FULLY SATURATED FROM RAINFALL EARLIER THIS
WEEK...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL A SIGNIFICANT FLOODING EVENT TODAY...
ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA.

IN ADDITION TO THE FLOODING THREAT...SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO
PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY TO ASSIST WITH REPORTS OF
FLOODING.

DMG

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.