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River Flood Warning 20, NWS Morristown, TN

December 25, 2015Hamilton County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Dec 25, 2015, 10:02 AM EST for Hamilton County, Tennessee. It took effect at Dec 25, 2015, 4:31 PM EST. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 25, 2015, 10:02 AM EST (15:02 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 25, 2015, 4:31 PM EST
Expired: Dec 30, 2015, 5:43 AM EST
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Hamilton County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:03 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 S. Chickamauga Creek near Chickamauga (CHKT1). The gauge peaked at 26.39 ft at Dec 27, 2015, 5:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03567500, 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 25, 9:55 AM EST, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 9:55 AM EST, 7 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
955 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2015

.DISCUSSION...FORECAST FOR TODAY APPEARS TO BE ON TRACK. WILL BUMP
UP POPS TO NEAR 100 PERCENT EVERYWHERE...AND WILL TWEAK TEMPS AND
DEW POINTS. FLOOD WATCH STILL LOOKS GOOD...AND STILL CANNOT RULE
OUT A FEW SEVERE/STRONG STORMS ON THIS ACTIVE CHRISTMAS DAY.
UPDATE OUT SOON.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN             71  64  75  64 / 100  60  30  20
KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN  71  61  73  60 / 100  60  30  20
OAK RIDGE, TN                       70  62  73  60 / 100  80  40  20
TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN              68  57  70  56 / 100  60  40  20

&&

.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR CHEROKEE-CLAY.

TN...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR ANDERSON-BLEDSOE-BLOUNT
     SMOKY MOUNTAINS-BRADLEY-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-COCKE SMOKY
     MOUNTAINS-EAST POLK-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-HAMILTON-HANCOCK-
     HAWKINS-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-KNOX-LOUDON-MARION-MCMINN-MEIGS-
     MORGAN-NW BLOUNT-NORTH SEVIER-NORTHWEST CARTER-NORTHWEST
     COCKE-NORTHWEST GREENE-NORTHWEST MONROE-RHEA-ROANE-SCOTT TN-
     SEQUATCHIE-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST CARTER-
     SOUTHEAST GREENE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-SULLIVAN-UNICOI-UNION-
     WASHINGTON TN-WEST POLK.

VA...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR LEE-RUSSELL-SCOTT-
     WASHINGTON-WISE.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 25, 4:08 AM EST, 5 hours 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
408 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2015

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-260915-
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-
408 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2015 /308 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY INTO
TONIGHT WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. EXCESS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF
LOW LYING AREAS..RIVERS AND STREAMS. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME
STRONG TO SEVERE LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON WITH
DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

WITH ABUNDANT RECENT RAINFALL...THE GROUND WILL REMAIN NEAR SATURATED
AS THE NEXT SYSTEM MOVES IN MONDAY INTO EARLY TUESDAY. THIS COULD
LEAD TO ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED FLOODING AS SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. ADDITIONALLY...AN INCREASE IN
WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM AND STRONG...GUSTY WINDS CAN BE
EXPECTED OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS...MAINLY MONDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 25, 9:27 AM EST, 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
927 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2015

TNZ081>083-251500-
RHEA TN-BLEDSOE TN-SEQUATCHIE TN-
927 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2015

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR RHEA...BLEDSOE...AND SEQUATCHIE
COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM EST/900 AM CST/...

AT 926 AM EST /826 AM CST/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTH OF DUNLAP...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DAYTON...PIKEVILLE...SPRING CITY...BRAYTON...PALIO...CAGLE...OLD
CUMBERLAND...MOUNT CREST...EVENSVILLE AND MELVINE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3555 8546 3557 8542 3572 8526 3576 8526
      3577 8518 3576 8507 3577 8504 3575 8503
      3577 8491 3557 8482 3538 8549 3541 8549
      3541 8551 3542 8551 3543 8554 3549 8554
      3553 8560
TIME...MOT...LOC 1426Z 247DEG 44KT 3555 8541

SR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 24, 9:34 PM EST	River Flood Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie	4 days
Dec 25, 9:27 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Bledsoe, Rhea	33 min
Dec 25, 10:05 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Meigs, Rhea, Roane	40 min
Dec 25, 10:24 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Bledsoe, Hamilton, Marion, Meigs, Rhea, Sequatchie	3 hr
Dec 25, 10:33 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Anderson, Campbell	42 min
Dec 25, 10:41 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Marion, Polk	49 min
Dec 25, 10:45 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Blount, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Monroe, Roane	45 min
Dec 25, 10:49 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie	3 hr
Dec 25, 11:12 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Claiborne, Grainger, Hamblen, Hancock, Jefferson, Knox and 1 more	48 min
Dec 25, 11:25 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Anderson, Campbell, Loudon, Morgan, Roane, Scott	3 hr
Dec 25, 11:27 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Blount, Monroe, Sevier	48 min
Dec 25, 11:29 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Bradley, McMinn, Monroe, Polk	3 hr
Dec 25, 11:31 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Bradley, McMinn, Polk	44 min
Dec 25, 11:38 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Bradley, Hamilton, Polk	3 hr
Dec 25, 12:01 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Blount, Claiborne, Grainger, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins and 4 more	3 hr
Dec 25, 12:10 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Polk	50 min
Dec 25, 12:16 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	MRX	Anderson, Campbell, Morgan, Scott	3 hr
Dec 25, 12:47 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Meigs, Rhea, Roane	12 hr
Dec 25, 12:57 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	MRX	Loudon, McMinn, Monroe	12 hr
Dec 25, 1:31 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	MRX	Anderson, Blount, Knox	6 hr
Dec 25, 1:42 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	MRX	Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie	15 hr
Dec 25, 2:01 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Sevier and 1 more	6 hr
Dec 25, 2:09 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	MRX	Bradley, Polk	12 hr
Dec 25, 3:15 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	MRX	Anderson, Campbell, Morgan, Scott	9 hr
Dec 25, 6:24 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Cherokee, Clay	7 hr

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.