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River Flood Warning 27, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at May 4, 2013, 10:04 AM CDT for Bledsoe County, Marion County, Sequatchie County, Tennessee. It took effect at May 5, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 4, 2013, 10:04 AM CDT (15:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 5, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 8, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 days
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Bledsoe County, TN, Marion County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 78 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 Sequatchie River near Whitwell (WHTT1). The gauge peaked at 15.18 ft at May 6, 2013, 2:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 12 ft
- Minor stage
- 14 ft
- Moderate stage
- 18 ft
- Major stage
- 19 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03571000, 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, 9:37 AM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 4, 9:37 AM CDT, 27 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 2:33 AM CDT, 7 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 333 AM EDT SAT MAY 4 2013 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-050745- 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 8:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MRX | Cocke | 61 hr |
| May 4, 10:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MRX | Hamilton | 4 days |
| May 4, 4:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, Sequatchie | 6 hr |
| May 4, 5:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Bledsoe, Meigs, Rhea | 5 hr |
Nearby
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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.