Alert archive / Tennessee / River Flood Warnings in 2015
River Flood Warning 18, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Dec 24, 2015, 9:41 AM EST for Cocke County, Jefferson County, Tennessee. It took effect at Dec 25, 2015, 3:24 PM EST. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 24, 2015, 9:41 AM EST (14:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 25, 2015, 3:24 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2015, 10:00 AM EST
- In force
- 19 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 14:43 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). The gauge peaked at 9.10 ft at Dec 25, 2015, 1:00 AM EST.
- 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 Dec 24, 6:53 AM EST, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 6:53 AM EST, 2 hours 48 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 24, 3:44 AM EST, 5 hours 57 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 24, 4:17 AM EST, 5 hours 24 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Special weather statement, Dec 24, 6:03 AM EST, 3 hours 38 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Local storm report, Dec 24, 9:10 AM EST, 31 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>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, 8:29 AM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Cocke | 55 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:41 AM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Polk | 22 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 |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2015Every river flood warning in 2015
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.