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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Morristown, TN

February 5, 2010Hamilton County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Feb 5, 2010, 2:09 PM EST for Hamilton County, Tennessee. It took effect at Feb 5, 2010, 9:24 PM EST. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 5, 2010, 2:09 PM EST (19:09 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 5, 2010, 9:24 PM EST
Expired
Feb 6, 2010, 10:39 PM EST
In force
25 hr
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Flood severity
Minor

County Hamilton County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 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 S. Chickamauga Creek near Chickamauga (CHKT1).

Action stage
16 ft
Minor stage
18 ft
Moderate stage
22 ft
Major stage
27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03567500, 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 Feb 5, 12:51 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 12:51 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 5, 5:03 AM EST, 9 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
503 AM EST FRI FEB 5 2010

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-061015-
CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS-
SULLIVAN-JOHNSON-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-
NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE-
SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER-
SOUTHEAST CARTER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT-
BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-
SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK-EAST POLK-LEE-
WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON-
503 AM EST FRI FEB 5 2010 /403 AM CST FRI FEB 5 2010/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN
REGION LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. MOSTLY RAIN IS EXPECTED TODAY...
EXCEPT FOR A FEW AREAS OF LIGHT MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION OVER
PARTS OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST TENNESSEE. SNOW
SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS TODAY
...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ON SATURDAY...WITH SOME LIGHT TO
MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MORE DETAILS.

ANOTHER SYSTEM MAY BRING RAIN TUESDAY...THEN SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT TO
MUCH OF THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER REPORTS ON SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE APPRECIATED.

TG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 4:36 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryMRXBlount, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Greene and 10 more33 hr
Feb 5, 8:20 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXCampbell, Carter, Claiborne, Grainger, Greene, Hancock and 7 more3 hr
Feb 5, 4:38 PM ESTHigh Wind WarningMRXCarter, Greene, Johnson, Unicoi4 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2010Every river flood warning in 2010

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.