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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Morristown, TN

March 25, 2020Claiborne County, Grainger County, Hancock County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Mar 25, 2020, 9:25 AM EDT for Claiborne County, Grainger County, Hancock County, Tennessee. It took effect at Mar 25, 2020, 7:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 25, 2020, 9:25 AM EDT (13:25 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 25, 2020, 7:00 PM EDT
Expired: Mar 26, 2020, 7:40 AM EDT
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Claiborne County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Hancock County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Clinch River above Tazewell (TAZT1). The gauge peaked at 12.14 ft at Mar 26, 2020, 1:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03528000, 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 Mar 25, 7:44 AM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 7:44 AM EDT, 1 hour 41 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
Mar 24, 8:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Marion	34 min
Mar 24, 8:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Marion, Sequatchie	20 min
Mar 24, 9:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Meigs, Rhea	42 min
Mar 24, 9:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie	3 hr
Mar 24, 9:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Hamilton	50 min
Mar 24, 10:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Blount	36 min
Mar 25, 9:25 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	MRX	Cocke	13 hr
Mar 25, 9:29 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	MRX	Cocke, Jefferson	12 hr
Mar 25, 9:29 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	MRX	Hancock	12 hr
Mar 25, 9:29 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	MRX	Claiborne, Union	12 hr
Mar 25, 11:15 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	MRX	Morgan, Roane	12 hr
Mar 25, 11:15 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	MRX	Hawkins, Sullivan	12 hr
Mar 25, 11:15 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	MRX	Hancock	12 hr
Mar 25, 11:15 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	MRX	Russell, Scott, Wise	12 hr
Mar 24, 11:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Clay	38 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.