Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
349 AM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

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349 AM EDT MON MAY 20 2013 /249 AM CDT MON MAY 20 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 DISTURBANCE OVER THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS WILL
COMBINE WITH A WARM AND VERY HUMID AIR MASS OVER THE AREA...TO
PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ACROSS SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST TENNESSEE. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME
STRONG TO SEVERE...BRINGING THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS...
LARGE HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL LEADING TO SOME FLOODING OF
LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. IN ADDITION...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

ACROSS THE REST OF TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...
WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING..
INITIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THE MAIN CONCERN BEING DAMAGING DOWNBURSTS WINDS..HAIL
AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT NEARS THE
REGION.


.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY...AND POSSIBLY AGAIN LATER
THIS WEEK ON WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY.

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