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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Morristown, TN

January 2, 2022Hancock County, Tennessee; Scott County, Virginia

NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Jan 2, 2022, 9:06 AM EST for Hancock County, Tennessee; Scott County, Virginia. It took effect at Jan 2, 2022, 6:50 PM EST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 2, 2022, 9:06 AM EST (14:06 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 2, 2022, 6:50 PM EST
Expired
Jan 3, 2022, 7:21 AM EST
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Hancock County, TN, Scott County, VA

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Clinch River near Speers Ferry (SFYV2).

Action stage
16 ft
Minor stage
18 ft
Moderate stage
28 ft
Major stage
32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03527000, 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 Jan 2, 6:50 AM EST, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 6:50 AM EST, 2 hours 16 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 2, 8:00 AM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 1, 7:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBledsoe, Sequatchie65 min
Jan 1, 7:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson, Meigs, Morgan, Rhea, Roane44 min
Jan 1, 8:07 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMRXMarion53 min
Jan 1, 9:41 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMRXBradley, Hamilton49 min
Jan 1, 9:45 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMRXGrainger45 min
Jan 1, 9:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBradley, Hamilton, Marion50 min
Jan 1, 10:44 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMRXPolk46 min
Jan 2, 12:49 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMRXHamilton, Marion, Sequatchie4 hr
Jan 2, 4:03 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningMRXAnderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne and 22 more30 hr
Jan 2, 4:03 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryMRXAnderson, Bledsoe, Bradley, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger and 15 more24 hr
Jan 2, 9:06 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningMRXClaiborne, Grainger, Hancock22 hr
Jan 1, 7:01 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMRXLee44 min
Jan 2, 9:06 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningMRXRussell, Scott, Wise11 hr
Jan 2, 2:18 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMRXCherokee, Clay27 min

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.