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STATION             ELEV    HIGH    LOW     PCPN    SNOW DEPTH
SUGARLAND CENTER    1600     67      45     .24       0
NEWFOUND GAP        5000     56      42     0.39       0
CADES COVE          1900     66      50     0.18       0
OCONALUFTEE         2040     65      45     0.05       0
MOUNT LECONTE       6400     49      21     0.05       0

Today's National Forecast Map

Special Local Weather Statements:

Flood Watch - Sevier Smoky Mountains (Tennessee)

WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
RIVER VALLEY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY
TODAY AND TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
REGION...WITH RAIN POSSIBLY BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. BY WEDNESDAY
MORNING...WIDESPREAD TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS IN A FEW AREAS.


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CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNION-
GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-ROANE-
LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-
MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-
WEST POLK-EAST POLK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...ONEIDA...
LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL...WARTBURG...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...
MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN...NEWPORT...COSBY...
KINGSTON...LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE...DANDRIDGE...MARYVILLE...
CADES COVE...SEVIERVILLE...GATLINBURG...DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...
DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS...MADISONVILLE...COKER CREEK...JASPER...
CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON...DUCKTOWN
310 AM EST TUE JAN 6 2009 /210 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2009/

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND EAST TENNESSEE...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...
CHEROKEE AND CLAY. IN EAST TENNESSEE...ANDERSON...BLEDSOE...
BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS...BRADLEY...CAMPBELL...CLAIBORNE...
COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS...EAST POLK...GRAINGER...HAMBLEN...
HAMILTON...JEFFERSON...KNOX...LOUDON...MARION...MCMINN...
MEIGS...MORGAN...NW BLOUNT...NORTH SEVIER...NORTHWEST COCKE...
NORTHWEST MONROE...RHEA...ROANE...SCOTT TN...SEQUATCHIE...
SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST MONROE...UNION AND WEST
POLK.

* THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING

* RAINFALL MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH
WIDESPREAD TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES
POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN A FEW AREAS. IN ADDITION TO POSSIBLE
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS...RAINFALL OF THIS
MAGNITUDE WILL LIKELY CAUSE THE SEQUATCHIE...SOUTH CHICKAMAUGA...
CLINCH...AND PIGEON RIVERS TO RISE ABOVE THEIR FLOOD STAGES.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY
RAIN...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF
YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA....KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR RISING WATER OR
WATER OVER ROADWAYS. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF
FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. IF YOU COME
TO A CLOSED OR FLOODED ROAD...TURN AROUND! DON`T DROWN!

$$

DMG
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

Short Term Forecast - Sevier Smoky Mountains (Tennessee)

ONEIDA...LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL...
WARTBURG...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE...
MORRISTOWN...NEWPORT...COSBY...KINGSTON...LENOIR CITY...
KNOXVILLE...DANDRIDGE...MARYVILLE...CADES COVE...SEVIERVILLE...
GATLINBURG
349 AM EST TUE JAN 6 2009

.NOW...
THROUGH 6 AM EST...A VERY LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED
SHOWERS...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL EAST TENNESSEE AND THE GREAT
SMOKY MOUNTAINS. MOVEMENT WILL BE EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 TO 50 MILES
AN HOUR. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM ONE TENTH TO
ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR. HOWEVER...AMOUNTS OF UP TO THREE QUARTERS
OF AN INCH OR MORE PER HOUR...WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIER
SHOWERS. WATCH FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. PATCHY FOG WILL ALSO
BE SEEN ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. THE FOG MAY BECOME LOCALLY
DENSE IN SOME AREAS...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS AT
TIMES. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS
WHEN TRAVELING THROUGH AREAS WITH FOG.

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Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

Flood Watch - Cherokee (North Carolina)

WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
RIVER VALLEY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY
TODAY AND TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
REGION...WITH RAIN POSSIBLY BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. BY WEDNESDAY
MORNING...WIDESPREAD TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS IN A FEW AREAS.


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CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNION-
GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-ROANE-
LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-
MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-
WEST POLK-EAST POLK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...ONEIDA...
LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL...WARTBURG...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...
MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN...NEWPORT...COSBY...
KINGSTON...LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE...DANDRIDGE...MARYVILLE...
CADES COVE...SEVIERVILLE...GATLINBURG...DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...
DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS...MADISONVILLE...COKER CREEK...JASPER...
CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON...DUCKTOWN
310 AM EST TUE JAN 6 2009 /210 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2009/

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND EAST TENNESSEE...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...
CHEROKEE AND CLAY. IN EAST TENNESSEE...ANDERSON...BLEDSOE...
BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS...BRADLEY...CAMPBELL...CLAIBORNE...
COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS...EAST POLK...GRAINGER...HAMBLEN...
HAMILTON...JEFFERSON...KNOX...LOUDON...MARION...MCMINN...
MEIGS...MORGAN...NW BLOUNT...NORTH SEVIER...NORTHWEST COCKE...
NORTHWEST MONROE...RHEA...ROANE...SCOTT TN...SEQUATCHIE...
SEVIER S...

Short Term Forecast - Cherokee (North Carolina)

MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...DUNLAP...
PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS...MADISONVILLE...
COKER CREEK...JASPER...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON...
DUCKTOWN
349 AM EST TUE JAN 6 2009 /249 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2009/

.NOW...
THROUGH 6 AM EST (5 AM CST)...A VERY LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH
EMBEDDED SHOWERS...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND
EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. MOVEMENT WILL BE EAST NORTHEAST
AT 45 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY RANGE
FROM ONE TENTH TO ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR. HOWEVER...AMOUNTS OF UP
TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OR MORE PER HOUR...WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THE HEAVIER SHOWERS. WATCH FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS.
PATCHY FOG WILL ALSO BE SEEN ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. THE FOG
MAY BECOME LOCALLY DENSE IN SOME AREAS...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO
ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE
LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS WHEN TRAVELING THROUGH AREAS WITH FOG.

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Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage