Alert archive / Tennessee / River Flood Warnings in 2018
River Flood Warning 23, NWS Morristown, TN
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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 4:02 AM EST | High Wind Watch | MRX | Blount, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Monroe, Sevier and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 26, 4:02 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Bledsoe, Campbell, Marion, Morgan, Polk, Scott and 1 more | 57 hr |
| Dec 26, 12:09 PM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Cocke | 3 days |
| Dec 26, 3:42 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | MRX | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter and 27 more | 48 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:42 PM EST | High Wind Warning | MRX | Blount, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Johnson, Monroe and 2 more | 45 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.