Short Term Forecast

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
151 AM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013

TNZ012>014-035>041-067>074-180900-
SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-
HAMBLEN-NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-
JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER-
SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEIDA...LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL...
WARTBURG...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE...
MORRISTOWN...NEWPORT...COSBY...KINGSTON...LENOIR CITY...
KNOXVILLE...DANDRIDGE...MARYVILLE...CADES COVE...SEVIERVILLE...
GATLINBURG
151 AM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013

.NOW...
AN AREA OF SHOWERS WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH ACROSS THE PLATEAU..CENTRAL TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SMOKY
MOUNTAINS. RAINFALL WILL AVERAGE AROUND ONE-QUARTER INCH OF AN
INCH.

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Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1040 AM EDT FRI MAY 17 2013

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-181000-
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-
1040 AM EDT (940 AM CDT) FRI MAY 17 2013

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

.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...
OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER
STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.


.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

THE BEST CHANCES FOR STRONGER STORMS WILL BE ON SATURDAY...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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