SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 114 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
Expiration: 215 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFFECTING BLOUNT...BRADLEY...
CHEROKEE...CLAY...MCMINN...MONROE AND POLK COUNTIES...
AT 113 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF
CHARLESTON TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF RINGGOLD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60
MPH.
WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR...MAY ALSO
OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN
AROUND! DON`T DROWN!
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 239 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
Expiration: 245 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
THEN MOVE NORTHEAST TO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. THE TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT AROUND THIS LOW
PRESSURE WILL INCREASE THE SOUTHERLY WINDS ALOFT ACROSS THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. VERY STRONG AND GUSTY
SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND
FOOTHILLS OF THE FAR EASTERN TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS...SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. WIDESPREAD WIND
DAMAGE APPEARS LIKELY. SEE MEMNPWMRX FOR MORE DETAILS.
A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS EAST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA LATE TONIGHT AND
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. DUE TO THE VERY STRONG WINDS ALOFT...THESE
STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY
WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH
ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
FROZEN PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND POSSIBLY
SATURDAY...MOST LIKELY FALLING AS SNOW OR SLEET.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR WIND
DAMAGE REPORTS.
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