Afton, TN Hazardous Weather Outlook

Afton, Tennessee

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 446 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
Expiration: 500 AM EDT MON MAY 12 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE...AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT FROM THE MID
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION...WITH AN ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT MOVING
NORTH ACROSS TENNESSEE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS
WILL BREAK UP AROUND SUNRISE...BUT AS THE FRONT APPROACHES ANOTHER
ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WILL FIRE UP IN THE AFTERNOON.
SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY
WINDS. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY WITH THE STORMS. SOME LOW LYING
SPOTS AND URBANIZED AREAS COULD SEE MINOR FLOODING.

THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT OF THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS
IN MOST AREAS. LAKE WIND ADVISORIES WILL LAST UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING
OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY, CUMBERLAND PLATEAU, AND THE LOWLAND AREAS
OF NORTHEAST TENNESSEE. THIS LAKE WIND ADVISORY LASTS IN SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA UNTIL EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY LASTS IN NORTH
CAROLINA`S CHEROKEE AND CLAY COUNTIES AND IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST
TENNESSEE UNTIL EARLY MONDAY MORNING, AS WELL. THE WIND ADVISORY
LASTS UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON IN THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS AND MOUNTAINS
OF NORTHEAST TENNESSEE. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 30 TO 35 MPH IN
THE VALLEYS AND RIDGES, AND OVER 40 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS. PLEASE BE
CAREFUL WHEN DRIVING ON THIS HOLIDAY.


.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THE STORM SYSTEM WILL EXIT THE AREA BY MONDAY NIGHT AND WIND SPEEDS WILL
TAPER OFF AFTER THAT. THE CHANCE FOR RAIN DECREASES UNTIL WEDNESDAY
WHEN ANOTHER SYSTEM AFFECTS THE AREA.

BUT...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
AT THIS TIME.


.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.