Hazardous Weather Outlook
Issued by NWS Knoxville/Tri Cities, TN

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
343 AM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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005-006-008-190745-
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-
343 AM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013 /243 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY DRIFT EASTWARD ACROSS
THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY TODAY AND TONIGHT...PRODUCING SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG...WITH THE
MAIN CONCERNS BEING SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. ALSO...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER
STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

THE BEST CHANCES FOR STRONGER STORMS WILL BE ON SUNDAY AND WEDNESDAY...BUT
FOR NOW...IT APPEARS THERE IS LITTLE THREAT FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE
STORMS DURING THIS PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF
THE SEVERE THREAT.

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