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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Morristown, TN

July 23, 2019Cocke County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Jul 23, 2019, 10:41 AM EDT for Cocke County, Tennessee. It took effect at Jul 23, 2019, 11:18 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 23, 2019, 10:41 AM EDT (14:41 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 23, 2019, 11:18 AM EDT
Expired
Jul 23, 2019, 11:50 PM EDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Cocke County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:43 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 Pigeon River at Newport (NEPT1). The gauge peaked at 9.93 ft at Jul 23, 2019, 4:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
6 ft
Minor stage
8 ft
Moderate stage
10 ft
Major stage
12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03461500, 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 Jul 22, 7:27 PM EDT, 15 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 7:27 PM EDT, 15 hours 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 3:32 PM EDT, 19 hours 9 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Morristown TN
332 PM EDT Mon Jul 22 2019

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Cherokee-Clay-Scott-Campbell-Claiborne-Hancock-Hawkins-Sullivan-
Johnson-Morgan-Anderson-Union-Grainger-Hamblen-Northwest Cocke-
Cocke Smoky Mountains-Northwest Greene-Southeast Greene-
Washington-Unicoi-Northwest Carter-Southeast Carter-Roane-Loudon-
Knox-Jefferson-Northwest 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-Russell-
332 PM EDT Mon Jul 22 2019 /232 PM CDT Mon Jul 22 2019/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest North
Carolina...east Tennessee and southwest Virginia.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Widespread showers and thunderstorms are forecast today and
tonight as a front approaches and moves through the region. A very
moist atmosphere will favor periods of heavy rainfall, which
could lead to isolated flash flooding. The Flash Flood Watch is
now in effect through 8AM Tuesday. Storm total rainfall amounts
around 1 to 2 inches are expected, with locally high amounts
approaching 3 inches possible. Additionally, a few strong storms
will be possible tonight as the front passes through with gusty
winds and cloud to ground lightning being the primary threats.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated but spotters are encouraged
to submit any reports of severe weather through the web by going
to weather.gov/mrx/SpotterReports.

CDG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 8:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXBledsoe, Hamilton, Marion, Rhea, Sequatchie41 min
Jul 22, 8:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXBlount, Monroe, Sevier39 min
Jul 22, 8:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXHamilton42 min
Jul 22, 9:01 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningMRXKnox3 hr
Jul 22, 9:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXBradley40 min
Jul 22, 9:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXBradley, McMinn38 min
Jul 22, 10:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXBradley, Monroe, Polk44 min
Jul 23, 8:50 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBlount, Knox, Loudon, Roane3 hr
Jul 23, 8:53 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXMorgan, Roane3 hr
Jul 23, 9:02 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXJefferson, Knox, Sevier3 hr
Jul 23, 3:32 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryMRXSevier16 hr
Jul 22, 10:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXCherokee, Clay38 min

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.