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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Morristown, TN

February 23, 2022Bledsoe County, Marion County, Sequatchie County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Feb 23, 2022, 2:11 AM CST for Bledsoe County, Marion County, Sequatchie County, Tennessee. It took effect at Feb 23, 2022, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 23, 2022, 2:11 AM CST (08:11 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 23, 2022, 6:00 AM CST
Expired: Feb 24, 2022, 4:44 AM CST
In force: 23 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 08:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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 22, 11:54 PM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 11:54 PM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 22, 1:55 PM CST, 12 hours 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 22, 8:30 PM CST, 5 hours 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 22, 9:15 PM CST, 4 hours 56 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
Feb 22, 6:46 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Bledsoe, Rhea, Sequatchie	44 min
Feb 22, 7:33 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Bledsoe, Sequatchie	8 hr
Feb 22, 7:38 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Bledsoe, Sequatchie	52 min
Feb 22, 8:30 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Hamilton, Marion	45 min
Feb 22, 8:46 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Bledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie	9 hr
Feb 22, 9:15 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Hamilton, Marion	45 min
Feb 22, 11:39 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Hamilton, Marion	8 hr
Feb 23, 1:20 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Blount, Knox, Loudon, Sevier	6 hr
Feb 23, 2:37 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Hamilton, Meigs, Rhea	5 hr
Feb 23, 6:42 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MRX	Cocke	13 hr
Feb 23, 7:26 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MRX	Morgan, Roane	5 hr
Feb 23, 9:29 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MRX	Hamilton	35 hr
Feb 23, 1:56 PM CST	Flood Watch	MRX	Anderson, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger and 13 more	43 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.