Alert archive / Tennessee / River Flood Warnings in 2019
River Flood Warning 18, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Mar 9, 2019, 8:39 AM EST for Hamilton County, Tennessee. It took effect at Mar 9, 2019, 11:25 PM EST. It was in force for 22 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 2019, 8:39 AM EST (13:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 9, 2019, 11:25 PM EST
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2019, 10:41 PM EDT
- In force
- 22 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Hamilton County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:41 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 S. Chickamauga Creek near Chickamauga (CHKT1). The gauge peaked at 19.03 ft at Mar 10, 2019, 8:00 AM EDT.
- Action stage
- 16 ft
- Minor stage
- 18 ft
- Moderate stage
- 22 ft
- Major stage
- 27 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03567500, 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 Mar 9, 6:17 AM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 6:17 AM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 3:16 AM EST, 5 hours 23 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Morristown TN 316 AM EST Sat Mar 9 2019 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-100830- 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- 316 AM EST Sat Mar 9 2019 /216 AM CST Sat Mar 9 2019/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Southwest North Carolina...East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight A strong frontal system will push into the forecast area tonight. Showers and thunderstorms, some with heavy rain that could produce localized flooding, will be possible ahead of this system. The overall threat of severe weather is low but a few stronger storms could produce some damaging winds. The areas most favorable for such storms would be the plateau and western portions of southern Tennessee Valley. Additionally, this system is expected to produce strong and gusty winds across the higher elevations and foothills of the East Tennessee mountains this afternoon into tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 3:16 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Blount, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Johnson, Monroe and 2 more | 20 hr |
| Mar 9, 8:39 AM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie | 58 hr |
| Mar 9, 5:30 PM EST | High Wind Warning | MRX | Blount, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Johnson, Monroe and 2 more | 11 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2019Every river flood warning 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.