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 Blount Smoky Mountains
Updated: 9:50 PM EST on November 10, 2009
Flash Flood Watch in effect until 7 am Wednesday...
Tonight
Rain and breezy. Rain may be heavy at times. Lows in the lower 40s to lower 50s. Northeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
Veterans Day
Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain. Breezy. Highs in the mid 40s to upper 50s. Northeast winds 10 to 20 mph.
Wednesday Night
Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain. Breezy. Lows in the mid 30s to mid 40s. Northeast winds 10 to 20 mph.
Thursday
Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 60s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
... Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 7 am EST /6 am CST/ Wednesday...
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.
* Until 7 am EST /6 am CST/ Wednesday
* additional rainfall amounts of one to two inches are expected overnight across the watch area. Locally higher amounts will be possible in few areas.
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!