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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Morristown, TN

December 25, 2015Morgan County, Roane County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Dec 25, 2015, 9:06 PM EST for Morgan County, Roane County, Tennessee. It took effect at Dec 26, 2015, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 25, 2015, 9:06 PM EST (02:06 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 26, 2015, 7:00 AM EST
Expired: Dec 26, 2015, 1:00 PM EST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Morgan County, TN, Roane County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Emory River at Oakdale (OAKT1). The gauge peaked at 25.27 ft at Dec 25, 2015, 10:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 27 ft
Moderate stage: 28 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03540500, 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, 6:47 PM EST, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 6:47 PM EST, 2 hours 19 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, 7:30 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon	3 hr
Dec 25, 9:06 PM EST	River Flood Warning	MRX	Polk	18 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

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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.