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River Flood Warning 23, NWS Morristown, TN

March 23, 2020Bledsoe County, Marion County, Sequatchie County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Mar 23, 2020, 10:28 AM CDT for Bledsoe County, Marion County, Sequatchie County, Tennessee. It took effect at Mar 23, 2020, 8:30 PM CDT. It was in force for 61 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 23, 2020, 10:28 AM CDT (15:28 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 23, 2020, 8:30 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 26, 2020, 9:47 AM CDT
In force
61 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 15:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 4:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXBradley, Polk40 min
Mar 23, 7:59 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBlount, Bradley, Hamilton, Loudon, McMinn, Marion and 5 more3 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.