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River Flood Warning 23, NWS Morristown, TN

December 9, 2009Grainger County, Hancock County, Tennessee; Scott County, Virginia

NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Dec 9, 2009, 3:51 PM EST for Grainger County, Hancock County, Tennessee; Scott County, Virginia. It took effect at Dec 9, 2009, 4:53 PM EST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 9, 2009, 3:51 PM EST (20:51 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 9, 2009, 4:53 PM EST
Expired: Dec 9, 2009, 9:51 PM EST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN

Counties Grainger County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Scott County, VA

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Clinch River near Speers Ferry (SFYV2). The gauge peaked at 17.73 ft at Dec 9, 2009, 5:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 28 ft
Major stage: 32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03527000, 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 Dec 9, 3:15 PM EST, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 3:15 PM EST, 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 9, 5:45 AM EST, 10 hours 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 9, 10:15 AM EST, 5 hours 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 9, 11:56 AM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 9, 12:07 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Claiborne and 18 more	3 hr
Dec 9, 1:48 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Hamilton	117 min
Dec 9, 2:14 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	McMinn, Monroe	2 hr
Dec 9, 7:48 AM EST	River Flood Warning	MRX	Cocke	21 hr
Dec 9, 8:34 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	MRX	Hamilton, McMinn, Marion, Meigs, Monroe	3 hr
Dec 9, 3:41 PM EST	River Flood Warning	MRX	Hamilton	6 hr
Dec 9, 3:41 PM EST	River Flood Warning	MRX	Hamilton	24 hr
Dec 9, 3:51 PM EST	River Flood Warning	MRX	Grainger, Hancock	37 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2009 River Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2009 Every 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.