Through 12 am EST (11 PM cst)...light to moderate rain will continue to move north across east Tennessee...southwest Virginia...and extreme southwest North Carolina. Rainfall amounts will range from one tenth to one quarter of an inch per hour. However...a few bands of heavier rain could produce amounts between one half inch and one inch per hour. As of 9 PM EST...the back edge of the rainfall is beginning to work its way east of the Cumberland Plateau...and will continue to slowly exit the region overnight.
Forecast for Sullivan
Updated: 2:55 PM EST on November 10, 2009
Flash Flood Watch in effect through Wednesday morning...
Tonight
Rain. Lows in the upper 40s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
Veterans Day
Partly sunny. Rain likely in the morning...then a chance of rain early in the afternoon. A slight chance of rain late in the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 50s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
Wednesday Night
Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain. Lows in the lower 40s. Northeast winds 5 to 15 mph.
Thursday
Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of rain. Highs in the mid to upper 50s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
... Flash Flood Watch remains in effect through Wednesday morning...
The Flash Flood Watch continues for
* portions of southwest North Carolina... east Tennessee and southwest Virginia... including the following areas... in southwest North Carolina... Cherokee and Clay. In east Tennessee... Bledsoe... Blount Smoky Mountains... Bradley... Cocke Smoky Mountains... east Polk... Hamilton... Jefferson... Johnson... Knox... Loudon... Marion... McMinn... Meigs... NW Blount... north Sevier... northwest Carter... northwest Cocke... northwest Greene... northwest Monroe... Rhea... Roane... Sequatchie... Sevier Smoky Mountains... southeast Carter... southeast Greene... southeast Monroe... Sullivan... Unicoi... Washington TN and west Polk. In southwest Virginia... Washington.
* Through Wednesday morning
* rainfall amounts of one 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!