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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Morristown, TN

October 11, 2018Cocke County, Jefferson County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Oct 11, 2018, 10:38 AM EDT for Cocke County, Jefferson County, Tennessee. It took effect at Oct 12, 2018, 1:03 AM EDT. It was in force for 28 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 11, 2018, 10:38 AM EDT (14:38 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 12, 2018, 1:03 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 13, 2018, 5:00 AM EDT
In force
28 hr
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Cocke County, TN, Jefferson County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 23 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 French Broad River near Newport (NWPT1).

Action stage
8 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
16 ft
Major stage
20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03455000, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 11, 7:22 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBlount, Cocke, Jefferson, Sevier5 hr
Oct 11, 9:02 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXCarter, Johnson, Sullivan4 hr
Oct 11, 9:04 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXGreene, Unicoi, Washington4 hr
Oct 11, 10:38 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningMRXCocke30 hr
Oct 11, 10:56 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningMRXCarter, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington4 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2018Every river flood warning in 2018

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.