HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 257 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-271900- 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- 257 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013 /157 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS THE REGION. A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENTUALLY BUILD INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS. LARGE HAIL AND EVEN AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY REACH IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WITH SOME OF THE STORMS WHICH MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... STORMS FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT MAY LINGER INTO THURSDAY MORNING. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL DROP SOUTHWARD TO THE AREA ON FRIDAY...BRINGING A COLD FRONT AND ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY HAVE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. THE TROUGH WILL PERSIST OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. WHILE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS LOW AT THIS TIME THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. $$ ~Sullivan Co. Coordinator, Erik McCord, WX4ET
Posted on: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 21:19:38 +0000
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