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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