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River Flood Warning 26, NWS Morristown, TN

May 4, 2013Hamilton County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at May 4, 2013, 11:04 AM EDT for Hamilton County, Tennessee. It took effect at May 5, 2013, 4:20 AM EDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 4, 2013, 11:04 AM EDT (15:04 UTC)
In effect from
May 5, 2013, 4:20 AM EDT
Expired
May 8, 2013, 7:43 AM EDT
In force
3 days
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 15:07 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 21.61 ft at May 6, 2013, 11:00 AM EDT.

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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 May 4, 10:37 AM EDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 10:37 AM EDT, 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 3:33 AM EDT, 7 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
333 AM EDT SAT MAY 4 2013

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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-
333 AM EDT SAT MAY 4 2013 /233 AM CDT SAT MAY 4 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AS A SLOW MOVING STORM
SYSTEM INCHES EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
MAY OCCUR AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE...PARTS
OF THE NORTHERN PLATEAU...AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. LOCALIZED
FLOODING AND HIGH RIVER LEVELS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

THE EXTENDED PERIOD OF RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST
MONDAY MORNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY OCCUR AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE...PARTS OF THE NORTHERN PLATEAU...AND
SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. LOCALIZED FLOODING AND HIGH RIVER LEVELS
WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS PERIOD OF THE FORECAST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 9:23 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningMRXCocke61 hr
May 4, 11:04 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningMRXBledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie4 days
May 4, 5:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBradley, Hamilton, Sequatchie6 hr
May 4, 6:07 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBledsoe, Meigs, Rhea5 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2013Every river flood warning in 2013

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.