Severe Thunderstorm Watch - Sevier Smoky Mountains (Tennessee)
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 32
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1205 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 32 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
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TN
. TENNESSEE COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ANDERSON BLEDSOE BLOUNT
BRADLEY CAMPBELL CLAIBORNE
GRAINGER HAMBLEN HAMILTON
HANCOCK JEFFERSON KNOX
LOUDON MCMINN MEIGS
MONROE MORGAN POLK
RHEA ROANE SCOTT
SEQUATCHIE SEVIER UNION
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Flood Watch - Sevier Smoky Mountains (Tennessee)
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS EAST TENNESSEE
AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA TODAY...
.A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS
EVENING. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. DUE TO THE CONTINUED WET
GROUND...THE HEAVY RAINS MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AREAS... STREAMS...AND ROADWAYS. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR
FLOODING WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE...FAR EASTERN TENNESSEE
MOUNTAINS... AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.
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CHEROKEE-CLAY-JOHNSON-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE-
UNICOI-SOUTHEAST CARTER-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
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...MOUNTAIN CITY...
COSBY...CEDAR CREEK...ERWIN...ROAN MOUNTAIN...CADES COVE...
GATLINBURG...DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS...
MADISONVILLE...COKER CREEK...JASPER...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...
BENTON...DUCKTOWN
259 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010 /159 PM CST FRI MAR 12 2010/
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/
SATURDAY...
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...BLEDSOE...BLOUNT SMOKY
MOUNTAINS...BRADLEY...COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS...EAST POLK...
HAMILTON...JOHNSON...MARION...MCMINN...MEIGS...NORTHWEST
MONROE...RHEA...SEQUATCHIE...SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS...
SOUTHEAST CARTER...SOUTHEAST GREENE...SOUTHEAST MONROE...
UNICOI AND WEST POLK.
* UNTIL 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ SATURDAY
* WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
REGION TODAY PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. STORM TOTAL
RAINFALL UP TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED WITH LOCALIZED HEAVIER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
* FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...STREAMS...AND AREA ROADWAYS ARE
POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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!
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High Wind Warning - Sevier Smoky Mountains (Tennessee)
STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING TODAY ACROSS THE REGION...
.LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE GULF COAST STATES TODAY AND
TRACK NORTHEAST TOWARD THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS. AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL ALSO MOVE EAST ACROSS
THE REGION BY THIS EVENING. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO
30 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS.
THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT AND SHIFT TO THE WEST AND
SOUTHWEST...AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS NORTH OF THE
REGION...AND THE COLD FRONT PUSHES EAST INTO CENTRAL PARTS OF THE
CAROLINAS.
TNZ040-041-071>074-085>087-101-102-122315-
/O.CON.KMRX.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-100313T0000Z/
NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NW BLOUNT-
BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-MCMINN-
NORTHWEST MONROE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-WEST POLK-EAST POLK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWPORT...COSBY...MARYVILLE...
CADES COVE...SEVIERVILLE...GATLINBURG...ATHENS...MADISONVILLE...
COKER CREEK...BENTON...DUCKTOWN
1010 AM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING.
* TIMING: SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY MID MORNING AND LAST
INTO THE EVENING.
* WINDS: SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL REACH 25 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
TO 70 MPH...WITH STRONGEST GUSTS IN THE FOOTHILLS AND
MOUNTAINS.
* IMPACTS: WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE
AND POWER OUTAGES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY
THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND/OR
GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES.
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