Alert archive / Tennessee / River Flood Warnings in 2009
River Flood Warning 7, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Jan 7, 2009, 7:49 AM EST for Grainger County, Hancock County, Tennessee; Scott County, Virginia. It took effect at Jan 7, 2009, 1:20 PM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 7, 2009, 7:49 AM EST (12:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 7, 2009, 1:20 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2009, 1:19 AM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Flood severity
- Minor
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 12:53 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 Clinch River near Speers Ferry (SFYV2). The gauge peaked at 17.97 ft at Jan 7, 2009, 7:00 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 7:32 PM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 56 hr |
| Jan 6, 8:53 PM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Sevier | 12 hr |
| Jan 7, 2:05 AM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Hawkins, Sullivan | 18 hr |
| Jan 7, 4:07 AM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Cocke | 16 hr |
| Jan 7, 7:49 AM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock | 34 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:05 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | MRX | Blount, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Johnson, Sevier and 1 more | 21 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:05 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke and 13 more | 21 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2009River Flood Warnings in Virginia, 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.