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River Flood Warning 14, NWS Morristown, TN

April 5, 2011Cocke County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Apr 5, 2011, 11:42 AM EDT for Cocke County, Tennessee. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 5, 2011, 11:42 AM EDT (15:42 UTC)
Expired: Apr 5, 2011, 5:13 PM EDT
In force: 6 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 15:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 8.24 ft at Apr 5, 2011, 10:00 AM EDT.

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.

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 Apr 5, 10:06 AM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 10:06 AM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 5:07 AM EDT, 6 hours 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
507 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-060915-
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-
507 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011 /407 AM CDT TUE APR 5 2011/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BEHIND PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD
FRONT. HOWEVER...CLEARING SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS TONIGHT WILL ALLOW
AREAS OF FROST TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND
NORTHEAST TENNESSEE. A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM EDT TO
8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR THOSE AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ON MONDAY AHEAD OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT.
HOWEVER...IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THESE
STORMS JUST YET.

THUS...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

TG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 4, 8:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Bledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Marion, Meigs and 2 more	118 min
Apr 5, 12:00 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter and 27 more	4 hr
Apr 5, 4:04 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	MRX	Carter, Greene, Hancock, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington	28 hr
Apr 4, 10:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Clay	28 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2011 Every river 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.