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River Flood Warning 10, NWS Morristown, TN

February 24, 2022Bledsoe County, Marion County, Sequatchie County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Feb 24, 2022, 5:01 AM CST for Bledsoe County, Marion County, Sequatchie County, Tennessee. It was in force for 63 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 24, 2022, 5:01 AM CST (11:01 UTC)
Expired
Feb 26, 2022, 8:04 PM CST
In force
63 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 11:04 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). The gauge peaked at 15.34 ft at Feb 23, 2022, 11:00 PM CST.

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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 Feb 24, 2:41 AM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 2:41 AM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 24, 2:55 AM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Morristown TN
355 AM EST Thu Feb 24 2022

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Cherokee-Clay-Scott TN-Campbell-Claiborne-Hancock-Hawkins-
Sullivan-Johnson-Morgan-Anderson-Union-Grainger-Hamblen-
Northwest Cocke-Cocke Smoky Mountains-Northwest Greene-
Southeast Greene-Washington TN-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-Scott VA-Russell-Washington VA-
355 AM EST Thu Feb 24 2022 /255 AM CST Thu Feb 24 2022/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest North
Carolina...east Tennessee and southwest Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Showers and isolated embedded thunderstorms, will stream eastward
across the Tennessee valley and southwest Virginia. After a brief
break in rainfall this afternoon and evening, a cold front will
bring more rain late tonight. Additional rainfall amounts of 1.5
to over 2 inches are expected, mainly around and north of the I-40
corridor.

With already saturated grounds, most rainfall will become runoff
and flooding could be an issue.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

A cold front and associated rainfall will shift east of the
Appalachians by midday. Any additional flooding threats will come
to an end at that time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are requested to report incidents of flooding.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 12:55 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXBledsoe3 hr
Feb 24, 7:26 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXAnderson, Knox, Morgan, Union3 hr
Feb 24, 8:19 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXGrainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins3 hr
Feb 24, 9:04 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMRXClaiborne, Grainger, Hancock47 hr
Feb 24, 9:16 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMRXGreene, Hamblen, Hawkins3 hr
Feb 24, 9:26 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXCarter, Johnson, Sullivan, Washington3 hr
Feb 24, 9:54 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMRXGreene, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington4 hr
Feb 24, 9:56 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMRXHawkins, Sullivan4 hr
Feb 24, 9:58 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMRXCocke, Greene, Hamblen, Jefferson4 hr
Feb 24, 10:03 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMRXGrainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Union4 hr
Feb 24, 10:21 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXAnderson, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Sevier3 hr
Feb 24, 12:52 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXCarter, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington4 hr
Feb 24, 12:56 PM CSTWind AdvisoryMRXBlount, Cocke, Greene, Monroe, Sevier, Unicoi18 hr
Feb 24, 1:46 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXCocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins, Jefferson and 2 more3 hr
Feb 24, 11:48 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXScott, Washington, City of Bristol3 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.