Alert archive / Tennessee / River Flood Warnings in 2020
River Flood Warning 1, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Jan 2, 2020, 2:03 PM CST for Bledsoe County, Marion County, Sequatchie County, Tennessee. It took effect at Jan 3, 2020, 12:40 PM CST. It was in force for 41 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 2, 2020, 2:03 PM CST (20:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 3, 2020, 12:40 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 5, 2020, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 41 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Bledsoe County, TN, Marion County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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 Sequatchie River near Whitwell (WHTT1).
- Action stage
- 12 ft
- Minor stage
- 14 ft
- Moderate stage
- 18 ft
- Major stage
- 19 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03571000, 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 Jan 2, 11:25 AM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 11:25 AM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 2, 2:21 AM CST, 11 hours 42 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Morristown TN 321 AM EST Thu Jan 2 2020 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-030830- 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- 321 AM EST Thu Jan 2 2020 /221 AM CST Thu Jan 2 2020/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest North Carolina...east Tennessee and southwest Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight No hazardous weather is expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday A strong storm system will move across the Tennessee Valley today through Friday, bringing periods of moderate to heavy rainfall that could lead to flooding as well as rises on area rivers. A Flood Watch has been issued for portions of the area. In addition, high winds will be possible in the mountains of East Tennessee. As the system exits the area, precipitation is expected to change to snow showers Saturday afternoon into Saturday night, beginning in the higher elevations and likely dropping into the valley as well. Some light accumulations will be possible in the mountains, Cumberland Plateau, and higher elevations of Southwest Virginia. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 2:08 PM CST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Blount, Cocke, Greene, Monroe, Sevier | 13 hr |
Nearby
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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.