Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Temperature steady or slowly falling in the afternoon. Northeast winds 10 to 20 mph...with gusts to 30 mph.
For the Little Pigeon River above Sevierville TN, the latest stage was 9.9 feet at 08 am today. Minor flooding is forecast, with a maximum stage of 11.5 feet at about 7 PM today, which is 0.5 feet above flood stage. The river is expected to rise above the flood stage of 11.0 feet at about 2 PM today. The river is expected to fall below flood stage at about 3 am Thursday.
Record Report
Statement as of 12:25 am EST on November 11, 2009
... Record daily maximum rainfall set at the Tri-Cities regional Airport...
A record rainfall of 1.37 inches was set in the Tri-Cities yesterday. This breaks the old record of 0.96 set in 1979.
Public Information Statement
Statement as of 10:55 am EST on November 11, 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) 1.13 Oak Ridge (asos - oqt) 1.33
Blount County, TN Ft. Loudon/Tellico Lake Cades Cove (TVA - ccvt1) 1.92 Calderwood Dam (TVA - calt1) 0.03 McGhee-Tyson Airport (asos - tys) 2.28 Townsend 5s (NWS coop - tnst1) 3.14 Wildwood (TVA - wldt1) 3.06
Bradley County, TN Chickamauga Lake Charleston (TVA - chtt1) 2.19 Cleveland (TVA - clet1) 1.62
Carter County, TN Boone Lake South Holston Dam (TVA - shdt1) 1.77 Watauga dam (TVA - wtgt1) 1.95
Claiborne County, TN Norris Lake Powell River nr Arthur (TVA - artt1) 0.82
Cocke County, TN Douglas Lake Cosby (TVA - cbyt1) 3.41 del Rio 4ne (TVA - delt1) 2.14 French Broad River nr Newport (TVA - nwpt1) 3.62
Hamblen County, TN Cherokee Lake east Morristown (TVA - mstt1) 2.11 Morristown-NWS office (NWS coop - mrx) 2.33
Hamilton County, TN Chickamauga Lake Lookout Mountain (NWS coop - lkmt1) 1.94 Nickajack Lake Chattanooga-Lovell Field (asos - cha) 2.25
Hawkins County, TN Cherokee Lake Church Hill (TVA - chht1) 2.05 Rogersville-John Sevier Plant (TVA - jsst1) 2.21
Jefferson County, TN Douglas Lake Oak Grove (TVA - okgt1) 3.01 Ft. Loudon/Tellico Lake Cherokee Dam (TVA - crkt1) 1.87
Johnson County, TN Watauga Lake Pandora (TVA - pant1) 1.95
Knox County, TN Ft. Loudon/Tellico Lake Knoxville exp. Stn (NWS/UT coop - knxt1) 2.13 Knoxville-water plant (TVA - tvat1) 1.81
Loudon County, TN Watts Bar Lake Fort Loudon/Tellico dam area (TVA - fldt1) 1.40 Lenoir City water plant (NWS coop - lent1) 1.74
McMinn County, TN Chickamauga Lake Etowah (TVA - etot1) 1.76
Meigs County, TN Chickamauga Lake Decatur (TVA - dect1) 1.67 Decatur 7ne (NWS coop - dcct1) 1.86
Monroe County, TN Ft. Loudon/Tellico Lake Tellico Plains (TVA - tlpt1) 2.41
Morgan County, TN Watts Bar Lake Lancing 6nw (NWS coop - lant1) 0.73
Polk County, TN Chickamauga Lake Turtletown-Apalachia Dam (TVA - turt1) 1.94
Rhea County, TN Chickamauga Lake Dayton (TVA - dynt1) 1.71 Watts Bar Dam (TVA - wbot1) 1.68
Sevier County, TN Douglas Lake Gatlinburg (TVA - gttt1) 2.71 Mt. Leconte (NWS coop - mtlt1) 3.91 Newfound Gap park (gsmnp) 2.85 GSMNP Headquarters - sugarlands (NWS coop - gtlt1) 3.32 Little Pigeon River abv Sevierville (TVA - sevt1) 3.33 Ft. Loudon/Tellico Lake Douglas Dam (TVA - dugt1) 3.31
Sullivan County, TN Boone Lake Tri-Cities Airport (asos - tri) 2.25
Washington County, TN Cherokee Lake Boone dam (TVA - boot1) 2.25 Douglas Lake Nolichucky river @ Embreeville (TVA - embt1) 2.61 Washington College (TVA - wast1) 2.68
Scott County, VA Norris Lake Duffield (TVA - dufv2) 1.08
Washington County, VA South Holston Lake Abingdon (TVA - abdv2) 1.70
Wise County, VA Norris Lake Appalachia (TVA - aplv2) 0.68 Coeburn (TVA - coev2) 0.98
Cherokee County, NC Apalachia Lake Hiwassee Dam (TVA - hiwn7) 2.55
Clay County, NC Hiwassee Lake Chatuge Dam (TVA - chan7) 3.45