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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Morristown, TN

February 22, 2019Cocke County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Feb 22, 2019, 8:16 AM EST for Cocke County, Tennessee. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 22, 2019, 8:16 AM EST (13:16 UTC)
Expired: Feb 25, 2019, 2:03 PM EST
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

County Cocke County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Pigeon River at Newport (NEPT1). The gauge peaked at 12.64 ft at Feb 23, 2019, 7:00 PM EST.

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 Feb 22, 6:48 AM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 6:48 AM EST, 1 hour 28 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 22, 2:47 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	MRX	Morgan, Roane	36 hr
Feb 22, 2:47 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	MRX	Cocke	36 hr
Feb 22, 8:16 AM EST	River Flood Warning	MRX	Cocke, Jefferson	53 hr
Feb 22, 8:25 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Morgan, Scott	6 hr
Feb 22, 9:42 AM EST	River Flood Warning	MRX	Hawkins, Sullivan	3 days
Feb 22, 8:16 AM EST	River Flood Warning	MRX	Russell, Scott	65 hr
Feb 22, 8:21 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Russell, Scott, Washington, City of Bristol, City of Norton	6 hr

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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.