WWUS84 KMRX 120803 SPSMRX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 303 AM EST TUE NOV 12 2013 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-121700- 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 303 AM EST TUE NOV 12 2013 /203 AM CST TUE NOV 12 2013/ ...MUCH COLDER AIR AND THE FIRST LIGHT SNOW OF THE SEASON WILL MOVE IN TODAY... A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION ON TUESDAY. AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH...SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN WILL DEVELOP. COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL THEN QUICKLY MOVE IN BEHIND THE FRONT...ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO FALL THROUGH THE DAY. THE LIGHT RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES ACROSS SOUTHWEST VA IN THE MORNING...FOLLOWED BY NORTHEAST TN...THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU..AND THE SMOKIES IN THE AFTERNOON. MOST LOCATIONS IN THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL NOT SEE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL. HOWEVER...HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHWEST VA AND THE EAST TN MOUNTAINS COULD SEE UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW. ADDITIONALLY...WIND WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH. THIS COULD CREATE WIND CHILLS IN THE 20S ACROSS THE VALLEY...AND INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS BY THE EVENING. $$ For more information, go to middletnweather.info
Posted on: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 08:05:35 +0000