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River Flood Warning 21, NWS Morristown, TN

December 25, 2015Fannin County, Georgia; Polk County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Dec 25, 2015, 9:06 PM EST for Fannin County, Georgia; Polk County, Tennessee. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 25, 2015, 9:06 PM EST (02:06 UTC)
Expired: Dec 26, 2015, 3:00 PM EST
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Fannin County, GA, Polk County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Toccoa River (GA) / Ocoee River (TN) at Copperhill (CPHT1).

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

220 
WGUS44 KMRX 260206
FLWMRX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TENNESSEE
906 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2015

...The National Weather Service in Morristown, Tn has issued a Flood 
Warning for the following rivers ...

  Toccoa/ocoee River Above Copperhill TN affecting Fannin and Polk 
  Counties
  Emory River At Oakdale TN affecting Morgan and Roane Counties

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Most deaths in floods occur in automobiles. If you come to a closed 
or flooded road, Turn Around! Don't Drown! For more details, stay 
tuned to NOAA Weather Radio or commercial television or radio 
stations that carry weather information.

&&

GAC111-TNC139-262000-
/O.NEW.KMRX.FL.W.0021.151226T0206Z-151226T2000Z/
/CPHT1.1.ER.151225T2310Z.151226T0600Z.151226T1400Z.NO/
906 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2015

The National Weather Service in Morristown, Tn has issued a
* Flood Warning for 
  The Toccoa/ocoee River Above Copperhill TN.
* From this evening until Saturday afternoon.
* At 08:30 PM Friday the stage was 8.7 feet and rising.
* Flood stage is 8.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and Minor flooding is forecast.
* Recent activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at
  08:30 PM Friday was 8.7 feet.
* Forecast...The river will continue rising to near 10.0 feet by 
  midnight...but is then expected to begin falling. 
  The river will fall below flood stage by tomorrow late morning.
* Forecast...The river will continue rising to near 10.0 feet by 
  midnight. The river will fall below flood stage 
  tomorrow late morning.
* At 10.0 feet...Minor flooding expands into woodlands, fields, and 
  backyards of homes near the river. The rock access road to the gage
  will be under two feet of water. Portions of parking lots near the 
  river will begin to flood behind the Copperhill Tennessee Post 
  Office and other businesses along Ocoee Street. Also flooding 
  expands into the backyards of homes and the Horsebend Park in 
  McCaysville Georgia.

&&
 
LAT...LON 3505 8452 3509 8445 3492 8425 3488 8432

$$

TNC129-145-261800-
/O.NEW.KMRX.FL.W.0022.151226T1200Z-151226T1800Z/
/OAKT1.1.ER.151226T1200Z.151226T1200Z.151226T1200Z.NO/
906 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2015

The National Weather Service in Morristown, Tn has issued a
* Flood Warning for 
  The Emory River At Oakdale TN.
* From Saturday morning until Saturday afternoon.
* At 08:15 PM Friday the stage was 23.7 feet and rising.
* Flood stage is 27.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast...Rise above flood stage by tomorrow morning and continue 
  to rise to near 27.0 feet by tomorrow morning. The river will fall 
  below flood stage by tomorrow morning.
* Forecast...Rise above flood stage by tomorrow morning and continue 
  to rise to near 27.0 feet by tomorrow morning. The river will fall 
  back below flood stage by tomorrow morning.
* At 27.0 feet...Flooding starts on riverview road. Homes closest to 
  the river can have up to about 4 feet of water in them, while homes
  on the far side of the street will have flooded yards.

&&
 
LAT...LON 3614 8481 3620 8473 3593 8445 3587 8452

$$

1 follow-up statement

789 
WGUS84 KMRX 261155
FLSMRX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TENNESSEE
655 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2015

...The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers ...

  Toccoa/ocoee River Above Copperhill TN affecting Fannin and Polk 
  Counties

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers ...
  South Chickamauga Near South Chickamauga Creek At Chickamauga TN 
  affecting Catoosa and Hamilton Counties 
  French Broad River Near Newport TN affecting Cocke and Jefferson 
  Counties 
  Pigeon River At Newport TN affecting Cocke County 
  Sequatchie River Near Whitwell TN affecting Bledsoe...Marion and 
  Sequatchie Counties 
 


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Most deaths in floods occur in automobiles. If you come to a closed 
or flooded road, Turn Around! Don't Drown! For more details, stay 
tuned to NOAA Weather Radio or commercial television or radio 
stations that carry weather information.

&&

GAC047-TNC065-271155-
/O.CON.KMRX.FL.W.0020.000000T0000Z-151228T1920Z/
/CHKT1.2.ER.151225T2200Z.151227T0000Z.151228T1320Z.NO/
655 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2015

The Flood Warning continues for
  The South Chickamauga Near South Chickamauga Creek At Chickamauga 
  TN.
* Until Monday afternoon.
* At 6:15 AM Saturday the stage was 21.9 feet.
* Flood stage is 18.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and Moderate flooding is forecast.
* Forecast...The river will continue rising to near 23.5 feet by this
  evening...but is then expected to begin falling. The river will 
  fall below flood stage by Monday morning.
* Forecast...The river will continue rising to near 23.5 feet by this
  evening. The river will fall below flood stage Monday morning.
* At 24.0 feet...A few homes in the East Ridge area are flooded.

&&
 
LAT...LON 3509 8527 3511 8522 3492 8508 3489 8517

$$

TNC029-089-270417-
/O.CON.KMRX.FL.W.0018.151226T1500Z-151227T0417Z/
/NWPT1.1.ER.151226T1500Z.151226T1800Z.151226T2217Z.NO/
655 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2015

The Flood Warning continues for
  The French Broad River Near Newport TN.
* From late this morning until this evening.
* At 5:45 AM Saturday the stage was 8.5 feet.
* Flood stage is 10.0 feet.
* Nonflood flooding is occurring and Minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast...Rise above flood stage by late this morning and continue
  to rise to near 10.5 feet by this afternoon. The river will fall 
  below flood stage by late this afternoon.
* At 10.0 feet...Agricultural land near the gage on Highway 321 is 
  flooded.

&&
 
LAT...LON 3599 8321 3602 8320 3594 8290 3589 8300

$$

TNC029-261920-
/O.CON.KMRX.FL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-151226T1920Z/
/NEPT1.2.ER.151224T2130Z.151225T0115Z.151226T1320Z.NO/
655 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2015

The Flood Warning continues for
  The Pigeon River At Newport TN.
* Until this afternoon.
* At 6:00 AM Saturday the stage was 8.4 feet.
* Flood stage is 8.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and Minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast...The river will continue to fall to below flood stage by 
  this morning.
* At 8.0 feet...Minor flooding occurs downstream from gage on Highway
  25/70 and in the community of Edwina. Jimtown Road may be affected.

&&
 
LAT...LON 3600 8321 3597 8317 3578 8310 3580 8319

$$

TNC007-115-153-271155-
/O.CON.KMRX.FL.W.0019.000000T0000Z-151228T1000Z/
/WHTT1.1.ER.151225T2345Z.151226T1115Z.151228T0400Z.NO/
555 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015

The Flood Warning continues for
  The Sequatchie River Near Whitwell TN.
* Until late Sunday night.
* At 5:15 AM Saturday the stage was 15.5 feet.
* Flood stage is 14.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and Minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast...The river will continue to fall to below flood stage by 
  tomorrow late evening.
* At 16.0 feet...Flooding of agricultural land becomes more 
  extensive. Water reaches the bottom of the river gage house.

&&
 
LAT...LON 3510 8561 3555 8528 3552 8523 3507 8554

$$

GAC111-TNC139-261225-
/O.CAN.KMRX.FL.W.0021.000000T0000Z-151226T2000Z/
/CPHT1.1.ER.151225T2310Z.151226T0200Z.151226T0438Z.NO/
655 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2015

The Flood Warning is cancelled for
  The Toccoa/ocoee River Above Copperhill TN.
* At 06:30 AM Saturday the stage was 5.3 feet.
* Flood stage is 8.0 feet.
* Forecast...The river is forecast to remain below flood stage.
* At 6.0 feet...Bankfull conditions are reached along the river 
  upstream and downstream from the gage off of Tennessee Highway 68 
  or Ocoee Street in west Copperhill Tennessee. This includes low 
  lying portions of the Horsebend Park in McCaysville Georgia.

&&
 
LAT...LON 3505 8452 3509 8445 3492 8425 3488 8432

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 25, 7:30 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon	3 hr
Dec 25, 9:06 PM EST	River Flood Warning	MRX	Morgan, Roane	16 hr
Dec 26, 12:44 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	MRX	Morgan	6 hr
Dec 26, 12:48 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	MRX	Bledsoe	9 hr
Dec 26, 1:00 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	MRX	McMinn, Meigs, Monroe	6 hr
Dec 26, 4:52 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	MRX	Hamilton, Marion	6 hr
Dec 26, 6:44 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	MRX	McMinn, Meigs	6 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2015 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.