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River Flood Warning 26, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Dec 25, 2009, 1:12 PM EST for Cocke County, Tennessee. It took effect at Dec 25, 2009, 4:49 PM EST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 25, 2009, 1:12 PM EST (18:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 25, 2009, 4:49 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2009, 7:31 AM EST
- In force
- 15 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 18:09 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 Pigeon River at Newport (NEPT1). The gauge peaked at 10.80 ft at Dec 25, 2009, 7:00 PM EST.
- 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 11:25 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Bledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, Marion, Meigs, Rhea and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 25, 2:37 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Knox, Loudon, McMinn and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Dec 25, 5:55 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Blount, Cocke, Sevier | 3 hr |
| Dec 25, 7:08 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Carter, Greene, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.