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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Aug 2, 2026, 3:01 AM EDT for Polk County, Tennessee. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 2026, 3:01 AM EDT (07:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2026, 10:02 AM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Polk County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:02 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 Toccoa River (GA) / Ocoee River (TN) at Copperhill (CPHT1).
- Action stage
- 6 ft
- Minor stage
- 8 ft
- Moderate stage
- 12 ft
- Major stage
- 14 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Polk | 19 min |
| Aug 1, 9:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Polk | 29 min |
| Aug 1, 9:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton | 43 min |
| Aug 1, 9:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Monroe | 50 min |
| Aug 1, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Loudon, McMinn, Monroe | 46 min |
| Aug 1, 10:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Campbell, Morgan, Scott | 5 hr |
| Aug 1, 10:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Polk | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 10:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Polk | 38 min |
| Aug 1, 11:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Polk | 16 min |
| Aug 1, 11:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Polk | 5 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:07 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Campbell, Scott, Union | 113 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.