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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
359 AM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-241900-
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...ONEIDA...
LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL...SNEEDVILLE...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT...
BRISTOL...MOUNTAIN CITY...WARTBURG...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...
MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN...NEWPORT...COSBY...
GREENEVILLE...CEDAR CREEK...JOHNSON CITY...ERWIN...ELIZABETHTON...
ROAN MOUNTAIN...KINGSTON...LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE...DANDRIDGE...
MARYVILLE...CADES COVE...SEVIERVILLE...GATLINBURG...DUNLAP...
PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS...MADISONVILLE...
COKER CREEK...JASPER...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON...
DUCKTOWN...JONESVILLE...WISE...NORTON...GATE CITY...LEBANON...
ABINGDON
359 AM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013 /259 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013/

...COOL TODAY WITH NEAR RECORD COLD TONIGHT...

SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST
THIS WEEKEND. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES INTO
THE REGION. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE BELOW NORMAL. THESE
TEMPERATURES COUPLED WITH BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN
APPARENT TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN THE 60S.

THE COOLING CONTINUES TONIGHT WITH READINGS FALLING TO NEAR RECORD LOWS.
OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE AROUND 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. READINGS
THIS COLD WITH APPROACH OR EXCEED RECORD LOW VALUES.

LATE NIGHT PATCHY FROST IS ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA...NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AND PORTIONS OF THE REGION DOWN TO
THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK. SHELTERED VALLEYS WILL BE
MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO FROST TONIGHT.



$$

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
344 AM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

KYZ036-037-041>043-048-049-056-057-067-242000-
SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-
JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-LINCOLN KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...LEXINGTON...
PARIS...CARLISLE...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...LANCASTER...
RICHMOND...STANFORD
344 AM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

...PATCHY FROST POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT ACROSS THE EASTERN BLUEGRASS
REGION OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

AN UNUSUALLY COLD AIR MASS FOR MID TO LATE MAY IS FORECAST TO PUSH
THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT. WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE...CLEAR
SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR SURFACE TEMPERATURES
TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 30S ACROSS THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE
BLUEGRASS REGION OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY. WHILE MOST LOCATIONS WILL
LIKELY SEE TEMPERATURES FALL TO AROUND 40 DEGREES OVERNIGHT...SOME
OF THE DEEPER VALLEY AND TRADITIONAL COLD SPOTS MAY SEE TEMPERATURES
DROP AS LOW AS THE MIDDLE 30S. IN THESE AREAS...SOME VERY PATCHY
FROST MAY DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT.

AT THIS TIME A WIDESPREAD FROST IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...WITH
THE GROWING SEASON IN FULL SWING...RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN THE
DEEPER VALLEYS AND SHELTERED REGIONS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO
PROTECT SENSITIVE VEGETATION TONIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES.

$$

MJ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
342 AM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-242045-
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-
ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-
OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...
WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...
PINEVILLE...HARLAN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...
CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...
HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...
INEZ...PIKEVILLE
342 AM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

...PATCHY FROST POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...

AN UNUSUALLY COOL AND DRY AIR MASS WILL INVADE THE REGION ON
NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS TODAY. DESPITE SUNSHINE RETURNING FOR THE
AFTERNOON...TEMPERATURES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO MAKE IT OUT OF THE 60S.
THE WIND WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT...AND WITH CLEAR SKIES...TEMPERATURES
WILL FALL TO VERY CHILLY READINGS BY DAWN. THE COLDEST VALLEY
LOCATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MID 30S...WHICH MAY ALLOW FOR
PATCHY FROST TO DEVELOP. AT THE SAME TIME...FOG WILL ALSO DEVELOP IN
SOME VALLEYS...WHICH WOULD HELP TO LIMIT THE FROST POTENTIAL.
HOWEVER...IN THE NORMALLY COLDER VALLEY LOCATIONS...IT WOULD BE A
GOOD IDEA TO PROTECT PLANTS WHICH ARE ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE TO FROST.

$$
HAL


Hazardous Weather Outlook


HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
557 AM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>008-013>017-024>027-
033>036-251000-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-
LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-LINCOLN-
PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-
RALEIGH-FAYETTE-
557 AM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND MUCH OF WEST
VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

COOLER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY...WHICH MAY RESULT IN
PATCHY FROST LATE TONIGHT IN SHELTERED VALLEY LOCATIONS. IF IT
LOOKS LIKE FROST WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD...A FROST ADVISORY MAY BE
NEEDED.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
530 AM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-251100-
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-
ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-
OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...
WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...
PINEVILLE...HARLAN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...
CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...
HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...
INEZ...PIKEVILLE
530 AM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PATCHY FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT...MAINLY IN VALLEYS.

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

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

$$

HAL

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
424 AM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ007-010-011-018-019-023-024-032>035-043>047-
058-059-WVZ042>044-250830-
SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-BLAND-GILES-
CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-
AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-
CHARLOTTE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-
424 AM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH
CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND
SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE GUSTY TODAY...WITH SOME AREAS RECEIVING
GUSTS OVER 35 MPH.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...A
FEW OF WHICH MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. HOWEVER...THE THREAT OF
WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER REMAINS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
544 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-242145-
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-
544 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013 /444 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING...FOLLOWED
BY DRIER AND MUCH COOLER AIR. ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY
STILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...POSSIBLY
PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZED TO 1/2 INCH
DIAMETER HAIL. NO AREAS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED.


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

AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR-MASS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS WEEKEND.
TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE 30S ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
NORTHEAST TENNESSEE...FAR EASTERN TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS AND EXTREME
SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE CHILLY
TEMPERATURES MAY PRODUCE AREAS OF FROST. A FROST ADVISORY MAY BE
REQUIRED ACROSS THESE AREAS FOR LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING.

OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED.


.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS UNLIKELY AT THIS TIME.

$$

TG


Short Term Forecast


SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
426 AM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-069>074-087-VAZ001-002-005-006-008-
241130-
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-KNOX-JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST MONROE-LEE-WISE-
SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...ONEIDA...
LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL...SNEEDVILLE...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT...
BRISTOL...MOUNTAIN CITY...WARTBURG...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...
MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN...NEWPORT...COSBY...
GREENEVILLE...CEDAR CREEK...JOHNSON CITY...ERWIN...ELIZABETHTON...
ROAN MOUNTAIN...KNOXVILLE...DANDRIDGE...MARYVILLE...CADES COVE...
SEVIERVILLE...GATLINBURG...COKER CREEK...JONESVILLE...WISE...
NORTON...GATE CITY...LEBANON...ABINGDON
426 AM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

.NOW...
SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS OR SPRINKLES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. THIS ACTIVITY WILL
BE LIGHT WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS MEASURING A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN
INCH. MOVEMENT WILL BE TO THE SOUTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH.


$$

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