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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Morristown, TN

September 26, 2018Bledsoe County, Marion County, Sequatchie County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Sep 26, 2018, 3:31 PM CDT for Bledsoe County, Marion County, Sequatchie County, Tennessee. It took effect at Sep 27, 2018, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 26, 2018, 3:31 PM CDT (20:31 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 27, 2018, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Sep 27, 2018, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 6 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 20:32 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).

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 Sep 26, 2:57 PM CDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 26, 2:57 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 26, 2:31 PM CDT, 1 hour before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 26, 11:18 AM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1218 PM EDT WED SEP 26 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1210 PM     FLOOD            ATHENS                  35.45N 84.60W
09/26/2018                   MCMINN             TN   911 CALL CENTER

            WATER ACROSS HIGHWAY 305.

&&

DIEGAN

Local storm report, Sep 26, 11:37 AM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1237 PM EDT WED SEP 26 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1230 PM     FLOOD            ROCKWOOD                35.87N 84.68W
09/26/2018                   ROANE              TN   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            SEVERAL ROADWAYS COVERED BY WATER FROM A FEW INCHES UP TO
            1 FOOT IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS.

1230 PM     FLOOD            HARRIMAN                35.93N 84.56W
09/26/2018                   ROANE              TN   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            SEVERAL ROADWAYS COVERED BY WATER FROM A FEW INCHES UP TO
            1 FOOT IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS.

1230 PM     FLOOD            KINGSTON                35.87N 84.51W
09/26/2018                   ROANE              TN   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            SEVERAL ROADWAYS COVERED BY WATER FROM A FEW INCHES UP TO
            1 FOOT IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS.

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GARUCKAS

Local storm report, Sep 26, 12:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 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
Sep 25, 7:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Marion, Sequatchie	53 min
Sep 26, 1:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie	3 hr
Sep 26, 2:54 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs, Rhea	3 hr
Sep 26, 3:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	MRX	Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter and 27 more	40 hr
Sep 26, 3:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Hamilton, Meigs, Rhea	3 hr
Sep 26, 3:39 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Rhea, Roane	3 hr
Sep 26, 4:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Knox	50 min
Sep 26, 5:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Blount, Knox, Loudon, Roane	2 hr
Sep 26, 6:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Hamilton	13 hr
Sep 26, 6:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Meigs, Rhea	13 hr
Sep 26, 7:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Marion, Sequatchie	10 hr
Sep 26, 7:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Loudon, Roane	10 hr
Sep 26, 8:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	McMinn, Monroe	3 hr
Sep 26, 10:59 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Anderson, Blount, Knox	4 hr
Sep 26, 10:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Marion, Sequatchie	6 hr
Sep 26, 11:13 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Bradley, McMinn, Monroe	7 hr
Sep 26, 11:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Loudon, Roane	7 hr
Sep 26, 11:56 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Anderson, Blount, Knox	6 hr
Sep 26, 4:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MRX	Marion, Sequatchie	18 hr
Sep 26, 6:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MRX	McMinn	18 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.