Today is forecast to be Much Cooler than yesterday.
Nowcast as of 8:47 am EST on November 10, 2009
Now
Through 1130 am EST...a large area of light to moderate rain...will continue to move north...across central east Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains. 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 Cocke Smoky Mountains
Updated: 9:47 am EST on November 10, 2009
Flash Flood Watch in effect through Wednesday morning...
Rest of Today
Rain...breezy. Highs in the 50s to lower 60s. Northeast winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
Rain...breezy. Lows in the mid 30s to upper 40s. Northeast winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
Veterans Day
Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain in the morning and early afternoon. Breezy. Highs in the upper 40s to lower 60s. Northeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph in the morning.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s and 30s. North winds 5 to 15 mph.
Thursday
Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s to lower 60s. Northeast winds 5 to 15 mph.
... Flash Flood Watch in effect through Wednesday morning...
The National Weather Service in Morristown has expanded the
* Flash Flood Watch to include portions of east Tennessee and southwest Virginia... including the following areas... 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!