Flood Watch until 08:00 PM Friday Continued for Hancock-TN, Hawkins-TN, Johnson-TN, Northwest Carter-TN, Northwest Greene-TN, Southeast Carter-TN, Southeast Greene-TN, Sullivan-TN, Unicoi-TN, Washington-TN, Lee-VA, Russell-VA, Scott-VA, Washington-VA & Wise-VA Counties. More info at: wcyb/weather/severe FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CHEROKEE AND CLAY. IN EAST TENNESSEE...ANDERSON...BLEDSOE...BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS... BRADLEY...CAMPBELL...CLAIBORNE...COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS...EAST POLK...GRAINGER...HAMBLEN...HAMILTON...HANCOCK...HAWKINS... JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...KNOX...LOUDON...MARION...MCMINN... MEIGS...MORGAN...NW BLOUNT...NORTH SEVIER...NORTHWEST CARTER... NORTHWEST COCKE...NORTHWEST GREENE...NORTHWEST MONROE... RHEA... ROANE...SCOTT TN...SEQUATCHIE...SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS... SOUTHEAST CARTER...SOUTHEAST GREENE...SOUTHEAST MONROE... SULLIVAN...UNICOI...UNION...WASHINGTON TN AND WEST POLK. IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...LEE...RUSSELL...SCOTT... WASHINGTON AND WISE. FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN WILL BRING ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN AREA. THIS WILL RESULT IN HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF EAST TENNESSEE... SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE FORECAST FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. THE PROLONGED RAINFALL WILL ALSO CAUSE LARGER STREAMS AND RIVERS TO RISE AND FLOOD.
Posted on: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 08:00:21 +0000
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