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Areal Flood Warning 9, NWS Morristown, TN

March 10, 201112 counties in Tennessee; Lee County, Virginia

NWS Morristown, TN issued this areal flood warning at Mar 10, 2011, 6:41 AM EST for 12 counties in Tennessee; Lee County, Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 10, 2011, 6:41 AM EST (11:41 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 2011, 9:57 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Anderson County, TN, Blount County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Loudon County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Union County, TN, Lee County, VA

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Mar 10, 4:30 AM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 4:30 AM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 10, 5:05 AM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 7:53 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Hamilton, Loudon, McMinn and 7 more3 hr
Mar 9, 10:57 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Hamilton, Loudon, McMinn and 8 more3 hr
Mar 10, 2:14 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXAnderson, Blount, Cocke, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon and 2 more2 hr
Mar 10, 4:07 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningMRXBledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie17 hr
Mar 10, 4:19 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningMRXBlount, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Johnson, Monroe and 2 more30 hr
Mar 10, 4:19 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryMRXCampbell, Carter, Claiborne, Greene, Hancock, Hawkins and 4 more25 hr
Mar 10, 4:43 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXAnderson, Blount, Grainger, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon and 2 more2 hr
Mar 10, 8:42 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXCarter, Cocke, Greene, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan and 2 more4 hr
Mar 10, 6:13 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningMRXCocke3 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2011Areal Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2011Every areal flood warning in 2011

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.