Today is forecast to be Much Cooler than yesterday.
Nowcast as of 1:29 PM EST on November 10, 2009
Now
Through 330 PM EST (230 PM cst)...a large area of light to moderate rain...will continue to move north...across southeast Tennessee and extreme southwest North Carolina. Rainfall amounts will range from one tenth...to one quarter of an inch per hour. However...some bands of heavier rain could produce amounts over one half inch per hour.
Forecast for Cherokee
Updated: 9:47 am EST on November 10, 2009
Flash Flood Watch in effect through Wednesday morning...
Rest of Today
Rain...windy. Highs in the 50s to lower 60s. Northeast winds 10 to 20 mph increasing to 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
Rain...windy. Lows in the 40s to lower 50s. Northeast winds 20 to 30 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
Veterans Day
Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain in the morning and early afternoon. Breezy. Highs in the 50s to lower 60s. Northeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph in the morning.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy. Lows in the 30s. Northeast winds 5 to 15 mph.
Thursday
Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s to mid 60s. Northeast winds 10 mph or less.
... Flash Flood Watch remains in effect through Wednesday morning...
The Flash Flood Watch continues for
* a portion of southwest North Carolina... including the following areas... Cherokee and Clay.
* Through Wednesday morning
* rainfall amounts of two to three inches expected by Wednesday morning. Locally higher amounts possible.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation. You should keep informed... and be ready for quick action if flooding is observed or if a Flash Flood Warning is issued. If you come to a closed or flooded Road... turn around! Don't drown!
Public Information Statement
Statement as of 11:40 am EST on November 10, 2009
The rainfall amounts listed below are listed by the County into which the rain falls, and then the Reservoir/Basin into which the water will flow after it hits the ground. For example, rain falling at McGhee-Tyson Airport will flow into Ft. Loudon-Tellico Lake.
These figures come from a combination of TVA, USGS, Coe, NWS, and various County-owned rain gauges. Our thanks to these cooperators.
Totals are for the 24 hours ending at 8 am EDT (7 am cdt) or 7 am EST (6 am cst). T = trace County, state 24 hour Reservoir precipitation location (inches) ________________________________________________________________ Anderson County, TN Melton Hill Lake Norris 4ne-water plant (NWS coop - nort1) 0.01 Oak Ridge (asos - oqt) T
Blount County, TN Ft. Loudon/Tellico Lake Cades Cove (TVA - ccvt1) 0.03 Calderwood Dam (TVA - calt1) 0.03 McGhee-Tyson Airport (asos - tys) T Townsend 5s (NWS coop - tnst1) 0.24
Bradley County, TN Chickamauga Lake Charleston (TVA - chtt1) 0.16 Cleveland (TVA - clet1) 0.21
Carter County, TN Boone Lake South Holston Dam (TVA - shdt1) 0.01
Cocke County, TN Douglas Lake Cosby (TVA - cbyt1) 0.03
Hamblen County, TN Cherokee Lake Morristown-NWS office (NWS coop - mrx) T
Hamilton County, TN Nickajack Lake Chattanooga-Lovell Field (asos - cha) 0.43
Knox County, TN Ft. Loudon/Tellico Lake Knoxville exp. Stn (NWS/UT coop - knxt1) 0.09
Loudon County, TN Watts Bar Lake Lenoir City water plant (NWS coop - lent1) 0.04
McMinn County, TN Chickamauga Lake Etowah (TVA - etot1) 0.15
Meigs County, TN Chickamauga Lake Decatur (TVA - dect1) 0.06 Decatur 7ne (NWS coop - dcct1) 0.04
Monroe County, TN Ft. Loudon/Tellico Lake Tellico Plains (TVA - tlpt1) 0.27
Polk County, TN Chickamauga Lake Turtletown-Apalachia Dam (TVA - turt1) 0.36
Rhea County, TN Chickamauga Lake Dayton (TVA - dynt1) 0.03 Watts Bar Dam (TVA - wbot1) 0.02
Sevier County, TN Douglas Lake Mt. Leconte (NWS coop - mtlt1) 0.20 Newfound Gap park (gsmnp) 0.30 GSMNP Headquarters - sugarlands (NWS coop - gtlt1) 0.02
Cherokee County, NC Apalachia Lake Hiwassee Dam (TVA - hiwn7) 0.29
Clay County, NC Hiwassee Lake Chatuge Dam (TVA - chan7) 0.33