NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
342 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008
...WINTER STORM POSSIBLE SATURDAY...
.A DEVELOPING STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE GULF
COAST REGION TODAY...AND TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS AND CAROLINAS TONIGHT.
RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST THIS MORNING INTO THE REGION AHEAD OF
THIS STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. AS THE SYSTEM MOVES FURTHER
NORTHEAST LATE TONIGHT...THE RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH AND CHANGE
TO SNOW ACROSS THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND HIGHEST ELEVATIONS BY
DAYBREAK SATURDAY.
MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWS COULD OCCUR BY SATURDAY EVENING...
ESPECIALLY AT AND ABOVE ELEVATIONS OF 3000 FEET. VALLEY LOCATIONS
SHOULD MEASURE AT LEAST FROM A DUSTING UP TO AROUND 2 INCHES OF SNOW.
STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS FROM
YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
COUNTY SPECIFIC MESSAGE:
/O.NEW.KMRX.WS.A.0002.080308T1100Z-080309T0000Z/
CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-JOHNSON-MORGAN-
COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI-SOUTHEAST CARTER-
BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST MONROE-
EAST POLK-LEE-WISE-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...ONEIDA...
LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL...MOUNTAIN CITY...WARTBURG...COSBY...
CEDAR CREEK...ERWIN...ROAN MOUNTAIN...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG...
COKER CREEK...DUCKTOWN...JONESVILLE...WISE...LEBANON...ABINGDON
342 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...FOR PARTS OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF EAST
TENNESSEE.
A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SPREAD RAIN INTO THE REGION
TODAY...WITH THE RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY.
SNOWFALL OF AROUND 2 TO 4 INCHES MAY OCCUR BY SATURDAY EVENING...
AND SOME LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE
IN THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING
CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS...SO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS.
AFFECTED COUNTIES:
IN NORTH CAROLINA: CHEROKEE, CLAY. IN TENNESSEE: BLOUNT, CAMPBELL, CARTER, CLAIBORNE, COCKE, GREENE, JOHNSON, MONROE, MORGAN, POLK, SCOTT, SEVIER, UNICOI. IN VIRGINIA: BRISTOL CITY, LEE, NORTON CITY, RUSSELL, WASHINGTON, WISE.
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