000
FLUS44 KMRX 090857
HWOMRX

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
457 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-101000-
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-
457 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008 /357 AM CDT FRI MAY 9 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL SWING BY TO OUR NORTH LATER TODAY
AND TONIGHT...BRINGING A CHANCE FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME
SEVERE...WITH THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...AND
POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. THE GREATEST THREAT OF ANY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER AND NEAR THE PLATEAU AND SOUTHEAST
TENNESSEE.


.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN
REGION ON SATURDAY NIGHT...BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY. THE GREATEST THREAT OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE OVER SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND
EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.


.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND
POSSIBLY AGAIN THIS WEEKEND.

$$