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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Feb 17, 2023, 3:23 PM EST for Hawkins County, Sullivan County, Tennessee; Scott County, Virginia. It took effect at Feb 17, 2023, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2023, 3:23 PM EST (20:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 17, 2023, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2023, 5:41 PM EST
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Hawkins County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Scott County, VA
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point North Fork Holston River near Gate City (GATV2). The gauge peaked at 12.63 ft at Feb 18, 2023, 1:00 AM EST.
- Action stage
- 10 ft
- Minor stage
- 12 ft
- Moderate stage
- 15 ft
- Major stage
- 18 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03490000, 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, 3:22 PM EST, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 3:22 PM EST, 1 minute before
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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, 7:20 AM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Morgan, Roane | 14 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, 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.