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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Morristown, TN

April 29, 2014Cocke County, Jefferson County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Apr 29, 2014, 10:47 AM EDT for Cocke County, Jefferson County, Tennessee. It took effect at Apr 30, 2014, 1:08 PM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 2014, 10:47 AM EDT (14:47 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 30, 2014, 1:08 PM EDT
Expired
May 2, 2014, 12:48 AM EDT
In force
36 hr
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 14:47 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 French Broad River near Newport (NWPT1). The gauge peaked at 6.88 ft at Apr 29, 2014, 6:00 PM EDT.

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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 Apr 29, 10:31 AM EDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 10:31 AM EDT, 16 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 9:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie35 min
Apr 28, 9:40 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXBradley, Hamilton, Marion50 min
Apr 28, 9:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBledsoe, Rhea53 min
Apr 28, 10:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBradley, Hamilton, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe and 2 more56 min
Apr 28, 10:21 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXBledsoe, Rhea24 min
Apr 28, 10:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCampbell, Morgan, Scott56 min
Apr 28, 11:11 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXBlount, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Monroe49 min
Apr 28, 11:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBradley40 min
Apr 28, 11:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMcMinn, Monroe47 min
Apr 28, 11:44 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXMcMinn, Monroe46 min
Apr 28, 11:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBlount, Knox, Loudon, Sevier54 min
Apr 29, 12:11 AM EDTTornado WarningMRXBlount, Loudon, Monroe34 min
Apr 29, 1:14 AM EDTTornado WarningMRXBlount, Knox, Loudon46 min
Apr 29, 1:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBlount, Loudon, Monroe35 min
Apr 29, 1:40 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBradley, Hamilton, McMinn3 hr
Apr 29, 1:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHancock, Hawkins48 min
Apr 29, 4:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXBradley, McMinn, Polk51 min
Apr 29, 3:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXCarter, Johnson, Sullivan38 min
Apr 28, 10:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXClay20 min

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.