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 (1030 am cst)...a large area of light to moderate rain...will continue to move north...across southeast Tennessee and extreme southwest North Carolina. 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 Marion
Updated: 8:47 am CST on November 10, 2009
Flash Flood Watch in effect through late tonight...
Rest of Today
Rain...windy. Highs in the upper 50s. Northeast winds 20 to 30 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
Mostly cloudy. Rain likely until early morning. Breezy. Lows in the mid 40s. Northeast winds 10 to 20 mph with higher gusts. Chance of rain 70 percent.
Veterans Day
Sunny...breezy. Highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Northeast winds 10 to 20 mph.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s to lower 40s. North winds 10 mph or less.
Thursday
Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. North winds 10 mph or less.
... 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!
