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River Flood Warning 24, NWS Morristown, TN

April 29, 2013Hamilton County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Apr 29, 2013, 10:50 AM EDT for Hamilton County, Tennessee. It took effect at Apr 29, 2013, 8:51 PM EDT. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 29, 2013, 10:50 AM EDT (14:50 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 29, 2013, 8:51 PM EDT
Expired: May 1, 2013, 2:00 AM EDT
In force: 29 hr
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
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 14:53 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 S. Chickamauga Creek near Chickamauga (CHKT1). The gauge peaked at 17.28 ft at Apr 29, 2013, 1:00 PM EDT.

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 Apr 28, 7:56 PM EDT, 14 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 7:56 PM EDT, 14 hours 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 28, 12:11 PM EDT, 22 hours 39 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1211 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2013

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-291615-
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-
1211 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2013 /1111 AM CDT SUN APR 28 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

A WEAKENING COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIAN REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...BRINGING NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG
...PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY
LEAD TO SOME FLOODING OF STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

MINOR RISES BELOW FLOOD STAGE ARE OCCURRING ON THE EMORY RIVER AT
OAKDALE...AND THE SEQUATCHIE RIVER NEAR WHITWELL MAY REACH THE
FLOOD STAGE OF 14.0 FEET BY MONDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

A STRONGER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY APPROACH THE REGION
TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK...WITH A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS
POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

TG

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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.