Through 3 PM EDT...scattered patches of light rain or drizzle...will move east at 25 mph...across central east Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains. Hourly rainfall amounts will range from a trace...to a tenth of an inch per hour.
Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms likely until early morning...then a chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the morning. Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest winds 10 mph or less. Chance of rain 60 percent.
Monday
Mostly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower to mid 80s. North winds 10 mph or less.
There are currently no warnings or advisories for this location.
Public Information Statement
Statement as of 10:47 am EDT on July 5, 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) 0.15 Oak Ridge (asos - oqt) 0.11
Blount County, TN Ft. Loudon/Tellico Lake Cades Cove (TVA - ccvt1) 0.08 Calderwood Dam (TVA - calt1) 0.12 McGhee-Tyson Airport (asos - tys) 0.17 Townsend 5s (NWS coop - tnst1) 0.13 Wildwood (TVA - wldt1) 0.15
Bradley County, TN Chickamauga Lake Charleston (TVA - chtt1) 0.30 Cleveland (TVA - clet1) 0.17
Campbell County, TN Ohio River via Cumberland River Newcomb (NWS coop - newt1) 0.39
Carter County, TN Boone Lake South Holston Dam (TVA - shdt1) 0.02 Watauga dam (TVA - wtgt1) 0.03
Claiborne County, TN Norris Lake Powell River nr Arthur (TVA - artt1) 0.11
Cocke County, TN Douglas Lake Cosby (TVA - cbyt1) 0.04 del Rio 4ne (TVA - delt1) 0.01 French Broad River nr Newport (TVA - nwpt1) 0.01
Hamblen County, TN Cherokee Lake east Morristown (TVA - mstt1) 0.02 Morristown-NWS office (NWS coop - mrx) 0.05
Hamilton County, TN Nickajack Lake Chattanooga-Lovell Field (asos - cha) 0.21
Hawkins County, TN Cherokee Lake Rogersville-John Sevier Plant (TVA - jsst1) 0.02
Jefferson County, TN Douglas Lake Oak Grove (TVA - okgt1) 0.02 Ft. Loudon/Tellico Lake Cherokee Dam (TVA - crkt1) 0.01
Johnson County, TN Watauga Lake Pandora (TVA - pant1) 0.02
Knox County, TN Ft. Loudon/Tellico Lake Knoxville-water plant (TVA - tvat1) 0.16
Loudon County, TN Watts Bar Lake Fort Loudon/Tellico dam area (TVA - fldt1) 0.21
McMinn County, TN Chickamauga Lake Etowah (TVA - etot1) 0.16
Meigs County, TN Chickamauga Lake Decatur (TVA - dect1) 0.16 Decatur 7ne (NWS coop - dcct1) 0.23
Monroe County, TN Ft. Loudon/Tellico Lake Tellico Plains (TVA - tlpt1) 0.14
Morgan County, TN Watts Bar Lake Lancing 6nw (NWS coop - lant1) 0.37
Polk County, TN Chickamauga Lake Turtletown-Apalachia Dam (TVA - turt1) 0.14
Rhea County, TN Chickamauga Lake Dayton (TVA - dynt1) 0.14 Watts Bar Dam (TVA - wbot1) 0.27
Sevier County, TN Douglas Lake Gatlinburg (TVA - gttt1) 0.03 Mt. Leconte (NWS coop - mtlt1) 0.07 Newfound Gap park (gsmnp) 0.37 GSMNP Headquarters - sugarlands (NWS coop - gtlt1) 0.05 Little Pigeon River abv Sevierville (TVA - sevt1) 0.08 Ft. Loudon/Tellico Lake Douglas Dam (TVA - dugt1) 0.04
Sullivan County, TN Boone Lake Tri-Cities Airport (asos - tri) 0.04
Washington County, TN Cherokee Lake Boone dam (TVA - boot1) 0.03 Douglas Lake Nolichucky river @ Embreeville (TVA - embt1) 0.04 Washington College (TVA - wast1) 0.02
Scott County, VA Norris Lake Duffield (TVA - dufv2) 0.03
Washington County, VA South Holston Lake Abingdon (TVA - abdv2) 0.04
Wise County, VA Norris Lake Appalachia (TVA - aplv2) 0.01 Coeburn (TVA - coev2) 0.01
Cherokee County, NC Apalachia Lake Hiwassee Dam (TVA - hiwn7) 0.15 Hiwassee Lake Murphy (NWS coop - murn7) 0.25
Clay County, NC Hiwassee Lake Chatuge Dam (TVA - chan7) 0.05