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Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Knoxville/Tri Cities, TN

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
503 AM EST THU MAR 6 2014

TNZ015>018-042>047-VAZ001-002-005-006-008-062130-
HANCOCK-HAWKINS-SULLIVAN-JOHNSON-NORTHWEST GREENE-
SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER-
SOUTHEAST CARTER-LEE-WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SNEEDVILLE...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT...
BRISTOL...MOUNTAIN CITY...GREENEVILLE...CEDAR CREEK...
JOHNSON CITY...ERWIN...ELIZABETHTON...ROAN MOUNTAIN...
JONESVILLE...WISE...NORTON...GATE CITY...LEBANON...ABINGDON
503 AM EST THU MAR 6 2014

...LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF SLEET...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE IN
NORTHEAST TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA LATE
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...

A SURFACE LOW OVER THE NORTHERN GULF COAST WILL MOVE EAST TO THE
EAST COAST TODAY AND THEN MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. A COLD UPPER LOW WILL FORM SOUTH OF TENNESSEE
AND SPREAD RAINFALL NORTH INTO EASTERN TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST
NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND FARTHER NORTH TONIGHT. COLD AIR
DRAINAGE FROM VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES
TO DROP TO NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST
TENNESSEE AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA LATE TONIGHT. THE LIGHT
RAIN MAY CHANGE TO A MIXTURE OF LIGHT SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN IN THESE LOCATIONS.

WITH TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING FOR ONLY A FEW HOURS AND
THE UNCERTAINTY OF THIS SYSTEM THE AMOUNT OF ACCUMULATION OF SLEET
AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT...AROUND AN INCH OR LESS...WITH
ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. ALSO LITTLE TO NO FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATION
IS EXPECTED. THE TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THE SYSTEM WILL AFFECT
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS AND TYPES SO ANY CHANGES WILL NEED TO BE
MONITORED FOR UPDATES TO THE FORECAST.

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