2 products issued by NWS for:
Short Term Forecast
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 742 AM EDT MON MAY 20 2013 TNZ015>018-042>047-VAZ001-002-005-006-008-201400- 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 742 AM EDT MON MAY 20 2013 .NOW... A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST TENNESSEE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS RUSSELL AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF VIRGINIA WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. PONDING OF LOW LYING AREAS..STREET FLOODING AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE. BESIDES THE RAIN...AREAS OF FOG WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST TENNESSEE..SOME LOCALLY DENSE. THE LOCALLY DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE- QUARTER MILE OR LESS. WHEN TRAVELING THIS MORNING...DRIVE WITH CAUTION AND GIVE YOURSELF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 349 AM EDT MON MAY 20 2013 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-210800- 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- 349 AM EDT MON MAY 20 2013 /249 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS WILL COMBINE WITH A WARM AND VERY HUMID AIR MASS OVER THE AREA...TO PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST TENNESSEE. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...BRINGING THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL LEADING TO SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. IN ADDITION...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. ACROSS THE REST OF TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA... WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.. INITIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE MAIN CONCERN BEING DAMAGING DOWNBURSTS WINDS..HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT NEARS THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY...AND POSSIBLY AGAIN LATER THIS WEEK ON WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY. $$