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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Morristown, TN

January 2, 2020Bledsoe County, Marion County, Sequatchie County, Tennessee

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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 2, 2:08 PM CSTWind AdvisoryMRXBlount, Cocke, Greene, Monroe, Sevier13 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2020Every river flood warning in 2020

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.