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River Flood Warning 17, NWS Morristown, TN

November 10, 2009Cocke County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Nov 10, 2009, 11:03 AM EST for Cocke County, Tennessee. It took effect at Nov 11, 2009, 9:01 AM EST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 10, 2009, 11:03 AM EST (16:03 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 11, 2009, 9:01 AM EST
Expired
Nov 12, 2009, 8:36 AM EST
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Flood severity
Minor

County Cocke County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Pigeon River at Newport (NEPT1). The gauge peaked at 10.73 ft at Nov 11, 2009, 3:00 PM EST.

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Action stage
6 ft
Minor stage
8 ft
Moderate stage
10 ft
Major stage
12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03461500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 4:39 AM ESTFlash Flood WatchMRXBledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Carter, Cocke, Greene and 17 more32 hr
Nov 10, 11:18 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBradley, McMinn, Monroe, Polk3 hr
Nov 10, 1:03 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBlount, Carter, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen and 9 more6 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2009Every river flood warning in 2009

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.