Hazardous Weather Outlook
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
333 AM EST THU DEC 5 2013

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-060845-
CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS-
SULLIVAN-JOHNSON-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-
NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE-
SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER-
SOUTHEAST CARTER-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-LEE-
WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON-
333 AM EST THU DEC 5 2013 /233 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. A FEW ISOLATED
STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING
THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.


.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

A DEEP SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL BRING COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE
OVER THE REGION FOR MUCH OF THE FRIDAY INTO MONDAY PERIOD. MODERATE
TO HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY
NIGHT...AND AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY. TOTAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS BY EARLY MONDAY MAY EXCEED 4 INCHES IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY
ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE. THIS HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL CREATE THE POSSIBILITY FOR FLOODING ALONG RIVERS AND
STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS.

COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND INTO
SATURDAY...AND COULD POSSIBLY CREATE SOME SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN
OVER THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS LATE FRIDAY NIGHT OR EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING. THERE ALSO COULD BE SOME BRIEF FREEZING RAIN OR
SLEET IN THESE SAME AREAS AS THE PRECIP MOVES BACK IN SATURDAY
NIGHT...BEFORE THE PRECIP CHANGES TO ALL RAIN.


.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FOR FLOODING REPORTS BY THE WEEKEND
AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

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