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River Flood Advisory 13, NWS Morristown, TN

February 20, 2019Hancock County, Tennessee; Lee County, Virginia

NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood advisory at Feb 20, 2019, 9:32 PM EST for Hancock County, Tennessee; Lee County, Virginia. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 20, 2019, 9:32 PM EST (02:32 UTC)
Expired: Feb 22, 2019, 9:21 AM EST
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Hancock County, TN, Lee County, VA

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Powell River near Jonesville (JNSV2). The gauge peaked at 15.98 ft at Feb 21, 2019, 4:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 30 ft
Major stage: 35 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03531500, 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at Feb 20, 6:40 PM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 6:40 PM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 20, 3:36 PM EST, 5 hours 56 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 20, 3:45 PM EST, 5 hours 47 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
Feb 20, 9:01 PM EST	River Flood Warning	MRX	Hamilton	5 days
Feb 20, 9:01 PM EST	River Flood Warning	MRX	Claiborne, Hancock	5 days
Feb 20, 9:32 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	MRX	Grainger, Hancock	36 hr
Feb 21, 9:59 AM EST	River Flood Warning	MRX	Grainger, Hancock	4 days
Feb 21, 9:59 AM EST	River Flood Warning	MRX	Morgan, Roane	65 hr
Feb 21, 9:59 AM EST	River Flood Warning	MRX	Cocke	17 hr
Feb 21, 11:29 AM EST	Flood Watch	MRX	Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter and 27 more	68 hr
Feb 20, 7:31 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Lee, Wise	6 hr
Feb 20, 9:32 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	MRX	Russell, Scott	36 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Tennessee, 2019 River Flood Advisories in Virginia, 2019 Every river flood advisory in 2019

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.