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River Flood Warning 17, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Oct 11, 2018, 10:38 AM EDT for Cocke County, Tennessee. It took effect at Oct 11, 2018, 5:31 PM EDT. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 11, 2018, 10:38 AM EDT (14:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 11, 2018, 5:31 PM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 12, 2018, 4:43 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Moderate
County Cocke County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:39 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 Pigeon River at Newport (NEPT1). The gauge peaked at 9.86 ft at Oct 11, 2018, 10:00 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 7:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Blount, Cocke, Jefferson, Sevier | 5 hr |
| Oct 11, 9:02 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Carter, Johnson, Sullivan | 4 hr |
| Oct 11, 9:04 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Greene, Unicoi, Washington | 4 hr |
| Oct 11, 10:38 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | MRX | Cocke, Jefferson | 42 hr |
| Oct 11, 10:56 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MRX | Carter, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington | 4 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.