Alert archive / Tennessee / River Flood Warnings in 2023
River Flood Warning 2, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Feb 17, 2023, 7:20 AM EST for Morgan County, Roane County, Tennessee. It took effect at Feb 17, 2023, 10:53 AM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2023, 7:20 AM EST (12:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 17, 2023, 10:53 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2023, 9:19 PM EST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Morgan County, TN, Roane County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:23 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 Emory River at Oakdale (OAKT1).
- Action stage
- 12 ft
- Minor stage
- 27 ft
- Moderate stage
- 28 ft
- Major stage
- 30 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03540500, 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 17, 7:09 AM EST, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 7:09 AM EST, 11 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 17, 4:08 AM EST, 3 hours 12 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Morristown TN 408 AM EST Fri Feb 17 2023 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-180915- 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- 408 AM EST Fri Feb 17 2023 /308 AM CST Fri Feb 17 2023/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest North Carolina...east Tennessee and southwest Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Northwest flow and colder air move in behind a cold front today. Lingering precip will transition over to snow across the highest elevations of the east TN mountains where 1 to 2 inches of snow are possible, mainly above 3000 feet. The highest peaks, such as Mount LeConte, may receive up to 4 inches. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday A mid-week system may bring another round of high winds across the east TN mountains Wednesday into Thursday. Stay tuned. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not needed at this time.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 7:40 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Morgan | 50 min |
| Feb 16, 7:52 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Rhea | 38 min |
| Feb 16, 8:31 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Union | 44 min |
| Feb 16, 9:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Claiborne, Grainger, Union | 52 min |
| Feb 16, 9:12 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Morgan, Scott, Union | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 10:47 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Claiborne, Grainger, Knox, Union | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 11:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Morgan, Scott | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 11:36 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock, Knox and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 17, 12:02 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | MRX | Marion, Sequatchie | 3 hr |
| Feb 17, 1:29 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock, Union | 6 hr |
| Feb 17, 1:35 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Grainger, Knox, Loudon, Morgan, Roane and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 17, 2:20 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock, Knox and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 17, 2:24 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Morgan, Scott | 3 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:09 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Marion, Sequatchie | 3 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:29 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Blount, Cocke, Sevier | 3 hr |
| Feb 17, 4:07 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins | 3 hr |
| Feb 17, 8:11 AM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock | 56 hr |
| Feb 17, 8:12 AM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Hancock | 37 hr |
| Feb 17, 8:21 AM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Hancock | 20 hr |
| Feb 17, 8:23 AM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Union | 48 hr |
| Feb 17, 8:31 AM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Cocke | 20 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:23 PM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Hawkins, Sullivan | 26 hr |
| Feb 17, 8:13 AM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Russell, Scott, Wise | 25 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.