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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Morristown, TN

May 9, 2024Cocke County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at May 9, 2024, 9:14 AM EDT for Cocke County, Tennessee. It took effect at May 9, 2024, 10:01 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 9, 2024, 9:14 AM EDT (13:14 UTC)
In effect from: May 9, 2024, 10:01 AM EDT
Expired: May 9, 2024, 11:06 PM EDT
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Morristown, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Cocke County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Pigeon River at Newport (NEPT1). The gauge peaked at 9.71 ft at May 9, 2024, 2:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 10 ft
Major stage: 12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03461500, 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 May 9, 7:15 AM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 7:15 AM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 7:39 AM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 9, 6:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 9, 6:57 AM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 9, 6:58 AM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 9, 7:03 AM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 9, 7:55 AM EDT, 1 hour 19 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
May 8, 8:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MRX	Bledsoe, Hamilton, Meigs, Rhea, Sequatchie	67 min
May 8, 8:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Morgan, Scott	47 min
May 8, 9:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Sequatchie	41 min
May 8, 9:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MRX	Marion	60 min
May 8, 9:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs	40 min
May 8, 9:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley, Hamilton	41 min
May 8, 9:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, Morgan, Roane	39 min
May 8, 9:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MRX	Bledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs, Polk and 2 more	66 min
May 8, 9:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MRX	Bledsoe, Hamilton, Marion, Rhea, Sequatchie	63 min
May 8, 10:06 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Hamilton, Marion, Meigs, Rhea, Sequatchie	4 hr
May 8, 10:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Blount, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Monroe, Roane	49 min
May 8, 10:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley, Polk	58 min
May 8, 10:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MRX	Bradley, Hamilton, Marion	55 min
May 8, 10:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MRX	Blount, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Sevier	49 min
May 8, 10:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MRX	Blount, Bradley, McMinn, Monroe, Polk	53 min
May 8, 10:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Carter, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins, Jefferson, Sullivan and 2 more	67 min
May 8, 10:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Blount, Loudon, Monroe, Sevier	64 min
May 8, 10:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MRX	Polk	60 min
May 8, 10:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cocke, Jefferson, Sevier	33 min
May 8, 11:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Blount, Bradley, Hamilton, Knox, Loudon, McMinn and 4 more	4 hr
May 8, 11:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Union	3 hr
May 8, 11:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Monroe	64 min
May 8, 11:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Cocke	28 min
May 9, 12:15 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Anderson, Campbell, Morgan, Scott	3 hr
May 9, 2:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Hamilton	47 min
May 9, 4:15 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Anderson, Campbell, Morgan, Scott	4 hr
May 9, 4:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Loudon, Roane	60 min
May 9, 4:42 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Hamilton, Marion, Meigs, Rhea, Sequatchie	6 hr
May 9, 5:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Hamilton, Rhea, Sequatchie	54 min
May 9, 5:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MRX	Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie	49 min
May 9, 5:23 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie	21 min
May 9, 5:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs, Rhea	59 min
May 9, 5:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MRX	Bradley, Hamilton	55 min
May 9, 5:43 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger, Knox, Loudon and 2 more	4 hr
May 9, 5:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Monroe	48 min
May 9, 6:02 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Bradley, Hamilton, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe and 1 more	4 hr
May 9, 6:09 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Bradley, Hamilton	14 min
May 9, 6:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Bradley, McMinn, Monroe, Polk	63 min
May 9, 6:18 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Blount, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Jefferson and 4 more	4 hr
May 9, 8:15 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Anderson, Campbell, Morgan, Scott	2 hr
May 9, 9:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	MRX	Bledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie	50 hr
May 9, 11:04 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MRX	Bledsoe, Hamilton, Marion, Meigs, Rhea, Sequatchie	116 min
May 8, 11:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MRX	Cherokee, Clay	51 min
May 9, 7:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Cherokee, Clay	44 min

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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.