Alert archive / Tennessee / River Flood Warnings in 2020

River Flood Warning 22, NWS Morristown, TN

February 13, 2020Cocke County, Jefferson County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Feb 13, 2020, 9:48 AM EST for Cocke County, Jefferson County, Tennessee. It took effect at Feb 13, 2020, 2:47 PM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 13, 2020, 9:48 AM EST (14:48 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 13, 2020, 2:47 PM EST
Expired: Feb 14, 2020, 12:14 AM EST
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Cocke County, TN, Jefferson County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:49 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 French Broad River near Newport (NWPT1). The gauge peaked at 11.15 ft at Feb 13, 2020, 6:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03455000, 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 12, 6:38 PM EST, 15 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 6:38 PM EST, 15 hours 10 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 12, 3:21 PM EST, 18 hours 27 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 12, 8:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Marion	45 min
Feb 12, 8:12 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Hamilton, Rhea, Sequatchie	48 min
Feb 12, 8:17 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Anderson, Campbell, Morgan, Scott	58 min
Feb 12, 8:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Campbell, Morgan, Scott	53 min
Feb 12, 8:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie	45 min
Feb 12, 8:38 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Anderson, Campbell, Loudon, Morgan, Rhea, Roane and 1 more	52 min
Feb 12, 8:56 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs and 3 more	64 min
Feb 12, 9:12 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock, Scott, Union	48 min
Feb 12, 9:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Grainger, Jefferson, Knox and 3 more	53 min
Feb 12, 9:54 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins	66 min
Feb 12, 9:59 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Blount, Cocke, Jefferson, Monroe, Sevier	61 min
Feb 12, 10:42 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Carter, Greene, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington	48 min
Feb 13, 7:27 AM EST	River Flood Warning	MRX	Cocke	33 hr
Feb 12, 9:56 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Lee, Scott, Wise, City of Norton	64 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2020 Every 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.