Hazardous Weather Outlook
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1035 PM EST FRI DEC 6 2013

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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-
1035 PM EST (935 PM CST) FRI DEC 6 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION TONIGHT...
WITH BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ALONG THE CUMBERLAND
PLATEAU AND THE CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. AS A
RESULT...SOME ICY SPOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE ROADWAYS TONIGHT AND
SATURDAY MORNING AROUND THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND CUMBERLAND
MOUNTAINS.


.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

A DEEP SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL BRING A PROLONGED PERIOD OF RAINFALL
OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BY TUESDAY COULD EXCEED 4 INCHES IN
SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND SOUTHEAST
TENNESSEE. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL CREATE THE POSSIBILITY FOR
FLOODING ALONG RIVERS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS OTHER LOW LYING AND
FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

THERE COULD BE SOME BRIEF FREEZING RAIN OVER THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND
PLATEAU AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ON SATURDAY NIGHT...AS PRECIPITATION
MOVES BACK INTO THE REGION. ANY FREEZING RAIN SHOULD QUICKLY CHANGE
TO ALL RAIN BY SUNDAY.


.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FOR FLOODING REPORTS BY EARLY NEXT
WEEK.

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