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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Nov 11, 2009, 9:18 AM EST for Cocke County, Jefferson County, Tennessee. It took effect at Nov 11, 2009, 1:34 PM EST. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 11, 2009, 9:18 AM EST (14:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 11, 2009, 1:34 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 12, 2009, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Cocke County, TN, Jefferson County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:21 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 French Broad River near Newport (NWPT1). The gauge peaked at 11.84 ft at Nov 11, 2009, 3:00 PM EST.
- Action stage
- 8 ft
- Minor stage
- 10 ft
- Moderate stage
- 16 ft
- Major stage
- 20 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03455000, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 9:21 PM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Sevier | 19 hr |
| Nov 10, 9:41 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Carter, Greene, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington | 6 hr |
| Nov 11, 12:41 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Blount, Bradley, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Nov 11, 2:29 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Hawkins | 3 hr |
| Nov 11, 2:53 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Blount, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Greene and 7 more | 18 hr |
| Nov 11, 3:55 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Blount, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Jefferson and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Nov 10, 8:17 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Russell, Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 6 hr |
| Nov 11, 3:42 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 3 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.