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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Morristown, TN

December 24, 2015Bledsoe County, Marion County, Sequatchie County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Dec 24, 2015, 8:34 PM CST for Bledsoe County, Marion County, Sequatchie County, Tennessee. It took effect at Dec 25, 2015, 10:30 AM CST. It was in force for 71 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 24, 2015, 8:34 PM CST (02:34 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 25, 2015, 10:30 AM CST
Expired: Dec 28, 2015, 9:24 AM CST
In force: 71 hr
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 02:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sequatchie River near Whitwell (WHTT1). The gauge peaked at 16.03 ft at Dec 26, 2015, 12:00 PM CST.

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 Dec 24, 8:26 PM CST, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 8:26 PM CST, 8 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 25, 8:27 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Bledsoe, Rhea	33 min
Dec 25, 9:02 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MRX	Hamilton	5 days
Dec 25, 9:05 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Meigs, Rhea, Roane	40 min
Dec 25, 9:24 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Bledsoe, Hamilton, Marion, Meigs, Rhea, Sequatchie	3 hr
Dec 25, 9:33 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Anderson, Campbell	42 min
Dec 25, 9:41 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Marion, Polk	49 min
Dec 25, 9:45 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Blount, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Monroe, Roane	45 min
Dec 25, 9:49 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie	3 hr
Dec 25, 10:12 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Claiborne, Grainger, Hamblen, Hancock, Jefferson, Knox and 1 more	48 min
Dec 25, 10:25 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Anderson, Campbell, Loudon, Morgan, Roane, Scott	3 hr
Dec 25, 10:27 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Blount, Monroe, Sevier	48 min
Dec 25, 10:29 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Bradley, McMinn, Monroe, Polk	3 hr
Dec 25, 10:31 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Bradley, McMinn, Polk	44 min
Dec 25, 10:38 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Bradley, Hamilton, Polk	3 hr
Dec 25, 11:01 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Blount, Claiborne, Grainger, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins and 4 more	3 hr
Dec 25, 11:10 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Polk	50 min
Dec 25, 11:16 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MRX	Anderson, Campbell, Morgan, Scott	3 hr
Dec 25, 11:47 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Meigs, Rhea, Roane	12 hr
Dec 25, 11:57 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MRX	Loudon, McMinn, Monroe	12 hr
Dec 25, 12:31 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MRX	Anderson, Blount, Knox	6 hr
Dec 25, 12:42 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MRX	Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie	15 hr
Dec 25, 1:01 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Sevier and 1 more	6 hr
Dec 25, 1:09 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MRX	Bradley, Polk	12 hr
Dec 25, 2:15 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MRX	Anderson, Campbell, Morgan, Scott	9 hr
Dec 25, 5:24 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Cherokee, Clay	7 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2015 Every 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.