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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Morristown, TN

February 20, 2019Claiborne County, Grainger County, Hancock County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Feb 20, 2019, 5:25 PM EST for Claiborne County, Grainger County, Hancock County, Tennessee. It took effect at Feb 21, 2019, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 20, 2019, 5:25 PM EST (22:25 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 21, 2019, 4:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 26, 2019, 10:39 AM EST
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Claiborne County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Hancock County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Clinch River above Tazewell (TAZT1). The gauge peaked at 17.96 ft at Feb 25, 2019, 6:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03528000, 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 Feb 20, 3:43 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 3:43 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 20, 3:36 PM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 20, 1:21 PM EST, 4 hours 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 20, 3:05 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 20, 3:45 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 20, 3:46 PM EST, 1 hour 39 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 19, 9:00 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Bledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Marion, Meigs and 2 more	3 hr
Feb 19, 10:15 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Knox, Loudon, Monroe and 4 more	3 hr
Feb 19, 10:44 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock and 3 more	3 hr
Feb 19, 11:14 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Carter, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington	3 hr
Feb 19, 11:32 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Bledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Marion, Meigs and 2 more	3 hr
Feb 20, 9:56 AM EST	River Flood Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie	7 days
Feb 20, 10:09 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	MRX	Morgan, Roane	36 hr
Feb 20, 10:14 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	MRX	Cocke	36 hr
Feb 20, 10:29 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	MRX	Hawkins, Sullivan	36 hr
Feb 20, 12:14 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	MRX	Hamilton	36 hr
Feb 20, 12:35 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Campbell, Morgan, Scott	3 hr
Feb 20, 2:17 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	MRX	Morgan, Scott	3 hr
Feb 20, 4:32 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Hancock	3 hr
Feb 20, 4:59 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	MRX	Campbell, Claiborne, Scott	6 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2019 Every 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.