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River Flood Warning 36, NWS Morristown, TN

April 13, 2020Sevier County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Apr 13, 2020, 7:55 AM EDT for Sevier County, Tennessee. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 13, 2020, 7:55 AM EDT (11:55 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2020, 10:06 AM EDT
In force
26 hr
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Sevier County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:59 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 Little Pigeon River above Sevierville (SEVT1). The gauge peaked at 12.47 ft at Apr 13, 2020, 9:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
10 ft
Minor stage
11 ft
Moderate stage
14 ft
Major stage
16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03470000, 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 Apr 12, 7:56 PM EDT, 11 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 7:56 PM EDT, 11 hours 59 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 8:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXMarion35 min
Apr 12, 8:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXBradley53 min
Apr 12, 8:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXMeigs, Rhea49 min
Apr 12, 9:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXPolk46 min
Apr 12, 9:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXMcMinn, Monroe45 min
Apr 12, 9:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMonroe, Polk53 min
Apr 12, 9:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXAnderson, Campbell, Morgan, Roane, Scott3 hr
Apr 12, 9:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXMarion3 hr
Apr 12, 9:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXMorgan, Scott3 hr
Apr 12, 9:59 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXPolk31 min
Apr 12, 10:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMRXHamilton52 min
Apr 12, 10:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMonroe29 min
Apr 12, 10:36 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryMRXMorgan, Roane12 hr
Apr 12, 10:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMRXMarion, Sequatchie3 hr
Apr 12, 11:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHamilton, Marion57 min
Apr 12, 11:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXCampbell, Claiborne, Scott3 hr
Apr 12, 11:16 PM EDTTornado Warning EmergencyMRXHamilton, Polk29 min
Apr 12, 11:28 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatMRXBradley, Polk32 min
Apr 12, 11:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs, Polk49 min
Apr 12, 11:56 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXBradley, McMinn, Polk34 min
Apr 12, 11:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Polk3 hr
Apr 13, 12:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMonroe62 min
Apr 13, 12:19 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningMRXBledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Marion, Meigs and 3 more3 hr
Apr 13, 12:22 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningMRXMcMinn, Monroe, Polk3 hr
Apr 13, 12:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBradley, Polk44 min
Apr 13, 12:43 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXAnderson, Blount, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Monroe and 1 more3 hr
Apr 13, 12:59 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningMRXBradley, Hamilton, Polk3 hr
Apr 13, 1:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBlount24 min
Apr 13, 1:14 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningMRXBlount, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Sevier3 hr
Apr 13, 1:36 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningMRXMcMinn, Monroe3 hr
Apr 13, 1:46 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningMRXHamilton, Marion, Sequatchie3 hr
Apr 13, 1:50 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningMRXBlount, Sevier3 hr
Apr 13, 1:58 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXClaiborne, Grainger, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson and 3 more3 hr
Apr 13, 2:03 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXCarter, Cocke, Greene, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan and 2 more3 hr
Apr 13, 3:05 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningMRXCarter, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington3 hr
Apr 13, 4:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningMRXCarter, Johnson, Unicoi, Washington3 hr
Apr 13, 5:22 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningMRXBlount, Sevier3 hr
Apr 13, 5:25 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningMRXMorgan, Roane10 hr
Apr 13, 6:45 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningMRXMeigs3 hr
Apr 13, 7:13 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningMRXCarter, Johnson, Unicoi, Washington2 hr
Apr 13, 7:55 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningMRXHancock38 hr
Apr 13, 7:55 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningMRXBlount17 hr
Apr 13, 8:00 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryMRXPolk3 hr
Apr 13, 8:21 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningMRXCocke, Jefferson48 hr
Apr 13, 8:46 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryMRXGreene, Unicoi, Washington7 hr
Apr 13, 9:14 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningMRXCarter, Johnson, Unicoi, Washington6 hr
Apr 13, 9:41 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningMRXHancock16 hr
Apr 13, 2:07 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXRussell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol, City of Norton3 hr
Apr 13, 4:15 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningMRXRussell, Washington, City of Bristol3 hr
Apr 13, 7:20 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningMRXRussell, Washington, City of Bristol8 hr
Apr 13, 7:55 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningMRXRussell, Scott, Wise27 hr
Apr 13, 1:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCherokee, Clay47 min
Apr 13, 1:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningMRXCherokee, Clay3 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.