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River Flood Warning 23, NWS Morristown, TN

December 26, 2018Cocke County, Jefferson County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Dec 26, 2018, 12:09 PM EST for Cocke County, Jefferson County, Tennessee. It took effect at Dec 28, 2018, 2:25 PM EST. It was in force for 43 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 26, 2018, 12:09 PM EST (17:09 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 28, 2018, 2:25 PM EST
Expired
Dec 30, 2018, 9:46 AM EST
In force
43 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 17:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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.

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 26, 12:05 PM EST, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 26, 12:05 PM EST, 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 26, 4:15 AM EST, 7 hours 54 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Morristown TN
415 AM EST Wed Dec 26 2018

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-270915-
Cherokee-Clay-Scott TN-Campbell-Claiborne-Hancock-Hawkins-
Sullivan-Johnson-Morgan-Anderson-Union-Grainger-Hamblen-
Northwest Cocke-Cocke Smoky Mountains-Northwest Greene-
Southeast Greene-Washington TN-Unicoi-Northwest Carter-
Southeast Carter-Roane-Loudon-Knox-Jefferson-NW Blount-
Blount Smoky Mountains-North Sevier-Sevier Smoky Mountains-
Sequatchie-Bledsoe-Rhea-Meigs-McMinn-Northwest Monroe-
Southeast Monroe-Marion-Hamilton-Bradley-West Polk-East Polk-Lee-
Wise-Scott-Russell-Washington-
415 AM EST Wed Dec 26 2018 /315 AM CST Wed Dec 26 2018/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Southwest North
Carolina...East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

Windy conditions are expected Thursday morning through Friday
morning across the Cumberland Plateau and also in the east
Tennessee mountains. Wind gusts to around 40 mph are expected
across the plateau, while wind gusts over the east Tennessee
mountains will climb into the 60 to 70 mph territory. Winds will
begin to subside late Thursday night into Friday morning.

Additionally, between Thursday afternoon and late Friday night,
heavy rainfall is expected to affect portions of east Tennessee,
southwest Virginia, and far western North Carolina. The heaviest
rain is likely to fall across eastern Tennessee and far western
North Carolina, south of the interstate 40 corridor. Rainfall
amounts of 2 to 3 inches are expected, mainly in the higher
terrain, between Thursday morning and Friday night. With saturated
soils, warm temperatures, and snow pack left at higher
elevations, excessive runoff will be a concern.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 26, 4:02 AM ESTHigh Wind WatchMRXBlount, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Monroe, Sevier and 1 more12 hr
Dec 26, 4:02 AM ESTWind AdvisoryMRXBledsoe, Campbell, Marion, Morgan, Polk, Scott and 1 more57 hr
Dec 26, 12:09 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningMRXCocke3 days
Dec 26, 3:42 PM ESTFlash Flood WatchMRXAnderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter and 27 more48 hr
Dec 26, 3:42 PM ESTHigh Wind WarningMRXBlount, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Johnson, Monroe and 2 more45 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.