National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

283 FGUS74 KOHX 120002 CCA ESFOHX TNC003-005-015-021-027-031-035-037-041-043-049-055-061-081-083- 085-087-099-101-111-117-119-125-133-135-137-141-147-149-159-161- 165-169-175-177-181-185-187-189-122045- HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 236 PM CST FRI JAN 11 2013 ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL LIKELY THIS WEEKEND... A DEEPENING TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD INTO THE PLAINS STATES THIS WEEKEND...PUSHING COLD FRONT GRADUALLY ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...WILL OCCUR OVER THE MID STATE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES WILL BE COMMON OVER THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE AREA...AND BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE CERTAINLY POSSIBLE. THESE RAINS WILL BE FALLING ON GROUNDS THAT HAVE BECOME NEARLY SATURATED FROM RAINFALL OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS...AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD LEAD TO RAPID RUN OFF AND FLOODING ALONG SOME OF THE LARGER CREEKS AND RIVERS IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THOSE WITH INTERESTS ALONG AREA WATERWAYS SHOULD MONITOR UPCOMING FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. $$ 19