SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 500 PM EST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 400 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009
...FLOODING POSSIBLE THURSDAY EVENING INTO FRIDAY MORNING FROM
RAIN FALLING ON SNOW PACK IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN...
A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
THURSDAY EVENING INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THIS IS A RELATIVELY WARM
SYSTEM AND WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD RAINS...BRIEFLY MODERATE TO
HEAVY. THIS WOULD NORMALLY CAUSE ONLY ISOLATED MINOR FLOOD PROBLEMS
BUT THE HIGHER TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY SOME MOUNTAINS IN EAST TENNESSEE
AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA HAVE SIGNIFICANT SNOW STILL ON THE GROUND.
RAIN WILL CAUSE AT LEAST SOME OF THE SNOW TO MELT WHICH WILL ADD TO
THE RUNOFF. SMALL STREAMS COMING OUT OF THE MOUNTAINS AND POSSIBLY
THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO FLOOD. SOME
OF THE LARGER RIVERS SUCH AS THE FRENCH BROAD...LITTLE PIGEON...AND
PIGEON MAY ALSO FLOOD. EVEN THE UPPER REACHES OF THE POWELL AND
CLINCH RIVERS MAY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT RISES.
URBAN AREAS SUCH AS CHATTANOOGA...KNOXVILLE...AND JOHNSON CITY MAY
EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING IN THE TYPICAL LOW FLAT SPOTS.
WE WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THE SITUATION AND ISSUE FLOOD WATCHES OR
WARNINGS IF NECESSARY. BE CAREFUL AND KEEP AN EYE ON STREAMS AND
FLOOD PRONE SPOTS. IF YOU COME TO A FLOODED OR CLOSED ROAD...TURN
AROUND. DON`T DROWN.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 510 AM EST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 515 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE REGION BY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...BRINGING THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG WINDS AROUND
THE MOUNTAINS DUE TO MOUNTAIN WAVES. IN ADDITION...WITH THE GROUND
REMAINING NEARLY SATURATED...SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD
PRONE AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BY THURSDAY NIGHT FOR WIND AND
FLOODING REPORTS.
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