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National Weather Service: Areal Flood Warning , Areal Flood Watch |
Short-term forecast
Issued by the National Weather Service at 10:06 PM EST on January 6, 2009
Through 12 am EST (11 PM cst)...a large area of rain with embedded showers...will continue across southeast Tennessee and extreme southwest North Carolina. Movement will be east northeast at 45 to 50 miles an hour. Rainfall amounts will range from one tenth...to a quarter of an inch per hour. However...amounts of up to half an inch...will be possible with the heavier showers. Watch for ponding of water on roads.
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Forecast
As of 9:38 PM EST on January 6, 2009
Rest of Tonight...Rain...possibly heavy at times early. Lows in the mid to upper 40s. Southwest winds 10 mph or less. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
Wednesday...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the morning...then a slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the mid to upper 40s. Temperature steady or slowly falling in the afternoon. West winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
Wednesday Night...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers and snow showers in the evening...then a chance of snow showers after midnight. Lows in the lower 30s. West winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
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Areal Flood Warning
Issued by the National Weather Service at 10:57 PM EST on January 6, 2009
... The Flood Warning remains in effect until 545 am EST Wednesday/445
am CST Wednesday/ for Polk... Monroe... Greene... Carter... Sevier...
Cocke... Blount... wise... Russell... City of Norton... Washington...
Lee... Scott... City of Bristol... Knox... Jefferson... Marion...
Bradley... Unicoi... Hamilton... Sequatchie... McMinn... Meigs...
Bledsoe... Johnson... Sullivan... Scott... Claiborne... Hancock...
Hawkins... Campbell... Washington... Union... Grainger... Morgan...
Hamblen... Anderson... Rhea... Roane... Loudon... Clay and Cherokee
counties...
At 1053 PM EST/953 PM CST/moderate rain with embedded pockets of
heavy showers was continuing to move northeast across the southern
Appalachians. More rain was headed this way from the southwest from
a long moisture plume out of the Gulf of Mexico. Storm totals of
over four inches are common in southeast Tennessee and North
Carolina. Amounts over three inches are becoming more common
elsewhere.
Flooding has been reported in several counties in the region. Low
spots, small streams and urban areas are most prone, but even larger
rivers are rising significantly.
A Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or has been reported.
Stream rises will be slow and flash flooding is not expected.
However... all interested parties should take necessary precautions
immediately.
Most flood deaths occur in automobiles. Never drive your vehicle into
areas where the water covers the roadway. Flood waters are usually
deeper than they appear. Just one foot of flowing water is powerful
enough to sweep vehicles off the Road. When encountering flooded
roads make the smart choice... turn around... dont drown.
Lat... Lon 3499 8588 3522 8587 3539 8550 3555 8561
3590 8469 3615 8491 3640 8467 3661 8477
3659 8370 3720 8256 3697 8235 3715 8191
3701 8178 3633 8170 3551 8388 3524 8399
3523 8398 3526 8370 3499 8351 3498 8352
Lcm
911 PM EST Tue Jan 06 2009
* until Friday evening.
* At 8pm Tuesday the stage was... 17.3 feet.
* Moderate flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 18.0 feet.
* The river is forecast to rise above flood stage by about 10 PM
Tuesday and continue to rise to near 22.0 feet by midday Thursday.
* At 22.0 feet... Airport Road is closed to traffic. A couple of
homes are slightly flooded near intersection of Mack Smith Road and
may street. Flooding becomes extensive around the north end of the
Airport. West Chickamauga and Spring creeks also flood.
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Areal Flood Watch
Issued by the National Weather Service at 10:37 PM CST on January 6, 2009/
... Flood Watch remains in effect until 7 am EST /6 am CST/
Wednesday...
The Flood Watch continues for
* 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.
* Until 7 am EST /6 am CST/ Wednesday
* rainfall may be heavy at times through tonight... with
widespread total rainfall amounts of two to four inches
possible by Wednesday morning. In addition... locally higher
amounts will be possible in a few areas.
* In addition to flooding of small creeks and streams and flood
prone areas... rainfall of this magnitude may cause some
larger rivers to rise to near or above their flood stages.
A Flood Watch means that conditions are favorable for heavy
rain... which may lead to flooding in and near the watch area. If
you are in the watch area... .keep an eye out for rising water or
water over roadways. Keep informed... and be ready for action if
flooding is observed or if a Flood Warning is issued. If you come
to a closed or flooded Road... turn around! Don't drown!
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