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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
409 AM EDT MON MAR 28 2011

TNZ018-041-043-045-047-072-074-VAZ001-002-005-006-008-281530-
JOHNSON-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI-
SOUTHEAST CARTER-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
LEE-WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...COSBY...CEDAR CREEK...
ERWIN...ROAN MOUNTAIN...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG...JONESVILLE...
WISE...NORTON...GATE CITY...LEBANON...ABINGDON
409 AM EDT MON MAR 28 2011

...LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS...

A FAST-MOVING UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE WILL EXIT THE AREA EARLY TODAY.
TEMPERATURES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND
EAST TENNESSEE WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION TO
FALL AS SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE
BY MID MORNING...MAINLY AT ELEVATIONS AT OR ABOVE 2500 FEET. THE
HIGHEST PEAKS OF THE SMOKIES AND NORTHEAST TENNESSEE COULD SEE
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.


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