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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Morristown, TN

January 15, 2013Cocke County, Jefferson County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Jan 15, 2013, 4:32 AM EST for Cocke County, Jefferson County, Tennessee. It took effect at Jan 15, 2013, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 15, 2013, 4:32 AM EST (09:32 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 15, 2013, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 18, 2013, 8:07 PM EST
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Cocke County, TN, Jefferson County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:33 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 French Broad River near Newport (NWPT1).

Action stage
8 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
16 ft
Major stage
20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03455000, 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 Jan 15, 3:05 AM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 15, 3:05 AM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 14, 2:40 PM EST, 13 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
240 PM EST MON JAN 14 2013

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-151945-
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-
240 PM EST MON JAN 14 2013 /140 PM CST MON JAN 14 2013/

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

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

A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CREATE PERIODS OF RAIN
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO
TWO INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY
MORNING. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST TENNESSEE AND
EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
PERIODS OF RAIN ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY NIGHT.
THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN MAY LEAD TO SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD
PRONE AREAS. AS A RESULT...THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT ACROSS EAST TENNESSEE AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING REPORTS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 14, 7:56 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryMRXBledsoe, Campbell, Claiborne, Marion, Morgan, Rhea and 2 more4 hr
Jan 14, 9:02 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Marion, Meigs and 4 more5 hr
Jan 14, 9:31 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningMRXCocke4 days
Jan 14, 11:27 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningMRXBlount3 hr
Jan 15, 1:46 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Marion, Meigs and 4 more6 hr
Jan 15, 2:17 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningMRXBlount6 hr
Jan 15, 4:12 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXAnderson, Cocke, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox and 4 more5 hr
Jan 15, 7:07 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningMRXBlount, Monroe, Sevier6 hr
Jan 15, 7:22 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Marion, Meigs and 3 more5 hr
Jan 15, 9:24 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXAnderson, Blount, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen and 11 more7 hr
Jan 15, 9:29 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningMRXSevier34 hr
Jan 15, 12:19 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Marion, Meigs and 3 more4 hr
Jan 15, 12:31 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningMRXClaiborne, Grainger, Hancock3 days
Jan 15, 12:31 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningMRXHawkins, Sullivan58 hr
Jan 15, 12:34 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningMRXBledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie4 days
Jan 15, 4:00 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningMRXBledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Marion, Meigs and 2 more14 hr
Jan 15, 4:09 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningMRXBlount, Monroe, Polk, Sevier14 hr
Jan 15, 4:15 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningMRXAnderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson and 6 more14 hr
Jan 15, 4:19 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningMRXCarter, Cocke, Greene, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson and 3 more14 hr
Jan 15, 4:22 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningMRXLee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise14 hr
Jan 15, 4:51 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningMRXCity of Bristol13 hr
Jan 15, 4:53 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningMRXCity of Norton13 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.