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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Morristown, TN

December 24, 2015Cocke County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Dec 24, 2015, 8:29 AM EST for Cocke County, Tennessee. It took effect at Dec 24, 2015, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 50 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 24, 2015, 8:29 AM EST (13:29 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 24, 2015, 1:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 26, 2015, 3:16 PM EST
In force: 50 hr
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

County Cocke County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Pigeon River at Newport (NEPT1). The gauge peaked at 12.31 ft at Dec 24, 2015, 9:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 10 ft
Major stage: 12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03461500, 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 Dec 24, 6:53 AM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 6:53 AM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 24, 3:44 AM EST, 4 hours 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 24, 2:41 AM EST, 5 hours 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
241 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015

TNZ015-016-038-039-070-240815-
HAWKINS TN-JEFFERSON TN-HAMBLEN TN-GRAINGER TN-HANCOCK TN-
241 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAWKINS...JEFFERSON...HAMBLEN...
GRAINGER...AND HANCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 315 AM EST...

AT 240 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
RUTLEDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MORRISTOWN...JEFFERSON CITY...ROGERSVILLE...RUTLEDGE...BEAN
STATION...SURGOINSVILLE...NEW MARKET...RUSSELLVILLE...BULLS GAP...
MCCLOUD...BUFFALO SPRINGS...KEPLER...TREADWAY...ST. CLAIR...
KLONDIKE...MOORESBURG AND ALPHA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. DO NOT DRIVE
YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3637 8283 3635 8289 3633 8291 3633 8294
      3628 8301 3628 8303 3626 8306 3607 8361
      3627 8361 3659 8287 3659 8286
TIME...MOT...LOC 0740Z 240DEG 59KT 3624 8346

DGS

Special weather statement, Dec 24, 2:47 AM EST, 5 hours 42 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
247 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015

TNZ039-040-069-070-073-240830-
KNOX TN-NORTH SEVIER TN-JEFFERSON TN-NORTHWEST COCKE TN-HAMBLEN TN-
247 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR KNOX...NORTH SEVIER...JEFFERSON...
NORTHWEST COCKE...AND HAMBLEN COUNTIES UNTIL 330 AM EST...

AT 247 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW MARKET...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF
SEVIERVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KNOXVILLE...MORRISTOWN...SEVIERVILLE...JEFFERSON CITY...DANDRIDGE...
WHITE PINE...NEW MARKET...BANEBERRY...RUSSELLVILLE...STRAWBERRY
PLAINS...LOWLAND...KODAK...MASCOT...ALPHA...KIMBERLIN HEIGHTS...
PIEDMONT AND SEYMOUR.

LAT...LON 3607 8384 3612 8369 3608 8366 3612 8367
      3612 8365 3610 8365 3610 8363 3614 8364
      3613 8361 3615 8360 3618 8354 3616 8353
      3618 8352 3617 8348 3621 8345 3630 8318
      3620 8313 3616 8317 3609 8307 3589 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 0747Z 246DEG 53KT 3602 8371

DGS

Special weather statement, Dec 24, 3:26 AM EST, 5 hours 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
326 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015

NCZ060-TNZ100>102-240915-
CHEROKEE NC-BRADLEY TN-WEST POLK TN-EAST POLK TN-
326 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHEROKEE...BRADLEY...WEST POLK...AND
EAST POLK COUNTIES UNTIL 415 AM EST...

AT 324 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES SOUTH OF WILDWOOD LAKE...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF CLEVELAND...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DUCKTOWN...WILDWOOD LAKE...TURTLETOWN...CULBERSON...FLINT SPRINGS...
PARKSVILLE...HOT HOUSE...RELIANCE...BIG FROG MOUNTAIN...ARCHVILLE...
GAP SPRINGS AND CONASAUGA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3499 8498 3502 8496 3502 8498 3525 8441
      3524 8436 3520 8435 3522 8432 3521 8429
      3499 8411
TIME...MOT...LOC 0824Z 245DEG 49KT 3495 8492

DGS

Special weather statement, Dec 24, 4:17 AM EST, 4 hours 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 24, 6:03 AM EST, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 23, 8:37 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Bledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie	38 min
Dec 24, 12:15 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Marion, Sequatchie	45 min
Dec 24, 12:52 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Sequatchie	23 min
Dec 24, 1:17 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Meigs, Rhea	43 min
Dec 24, 1:49 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Marion	41 min
Dec 24, 2:04 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Grainger, Knox	41 min
Dec 24, 2:41 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Grainger, Hamblen, Hawkins	34 min
Dec 24, 2:47 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Hamblen, Jefferson	43 min
Dec 24, 3:26 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Polk	49 min
Dec 24, 9:41 AM EST	River Flood Warning	MRX	Polk	22 hr
Dec 24, 9:41 AM EST	River Flood Warning	MRX	Cocke, Jefferson	48 hr
Dec 24, 3:09 PM EST	Flood Watch	MRX	Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter and 27 more	44 hr
Dec 24, 4:17 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Cherokee	43 min
Dec 24, 6:03 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Clay	42 min
Dec 24, 7:20 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Clay	115 min
Dec 24, 9:23 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Cherokee, Clay	112 min
Dec 24, 11:13 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Clay	2 hr

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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.