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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Morristown, TN

May 29, 2018Cocke County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at May 29, 2018, 10:20 AM EDT for Cocke County, Tennessee. It took effect at May 29, 2018, 1:06 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 29, 2018, 10:20 AM EDT (14:20 UTC)
In effect from: May 29, 2018, 1:06 PM EDT
Expired: May 29, 2018, 8:52 PM EDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Cocke County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Pigeon River at Newport (NEPT1). The gauge peaked at 8.14 ft at May 29, 2018, 3:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 10 ft
Major stage: 12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03461500, 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 May 29, 7:26 AM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 7:26 AM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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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.