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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
346 PM EDT SAT OCT 1 2011

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-020900-
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-
345 PM EDT (245 PM CDT) SAT OCT 1 2011

...UNSEASONABLY COLD CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND...

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER THE MID ATLANTIC STATES WILL 
CONTINUE TO BRING BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS AND UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR 
INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION TONIGHT. THIS LOW WILL ALSO 
GENERATE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND 
NORTHEAST TENNESSEE. A FEW SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 
MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...MAINLY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 
3000 FEET. WITH GROUND TEMPERATURES STILL FAIRLY WARM...ONLY LIGHT 
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A DUSTING OR A HALF OF AN INCH WILL BE 
POSSIBLE...MAINLY ABOVE 4000 FEET.

TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO
THE 30S OVER MOST OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION...WHICH MAY
CAUSE SOME PATCHY FROST TO DEVELOP AROUND SUNRISE BOTH MORNINGS. IN 
ADDITION...LOCATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 4000 FEET COULD 
EXPERIENCE A HARD FREEZE. THOSE PEOPLE WITH SENSITIVE VEGETATION MAY 
NEED TO THINK ABOUT TAKING NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS THIS WEEKEND.

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DMG