WIND ADVISORY
Issue Date: 605 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS AND THEIR IMMEDIATE FOOTHILLS...
.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
RIVER VALLEY...AND TRACK NORTH ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT.
WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ATLANTIC COASTLINE...A TIGHTENING
PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE A VERY STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WIND
FLOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS LATER TODAY...WHICH WILL COMBINE WITH A
STABLE AIR MASS TO PRODUCE MOUNTAIN WAVES IN THE FOOTHILLS. AS A
RESULT...VERY STRONG AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE LIKELY
ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND THEIR IMMEDIATE FOOTHILLS.
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAYTON...DECATUR...CHATTANOOGA...
CLEVELAND
605 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST FRIDAY.
* TIMING: STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE CUMBERLAND
PLATEAU...SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME
SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...INCREASING THROUGH THE EVENING AND
CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* WINDS: SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL REACH TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHEST
ELEVATIONS AND THEIR IMMEDIATE FOOTHILLS.
* IMPACTS: TREES LIMBS AND WEAKER TREES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN BY
THESE WINDS. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 308 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 400 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

/208 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009/
...FLOODING POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING FROM RAIN
FALLING ON SNOW PACK IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN...
A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THIS IS A RELATIVELY WARM SYSTEM
AND WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD RAINS...BRIEFLY MODERATE TO HEAVY. THIS
WOULD NORMALLY CAUSE ONLY ISOLATED MINOR FLOOD PROBLEMS...BUT THE
HIGHER TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY SOME MOUNTAINS IN EAST TENNESSEE AND
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...HAVE SIGNIFICANT SNOW STILL ON THE GROUND.
RAIN WILL CAUSE AT LEAST SOME OF THE SNOW TO MELT WHICH WILL ADD TO
THE RUNOFF. SMALL STREAMS COMING OUT OF THE MOUNTAINS...AND POSSIBLY
THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO FLOOD. SOME
OF THE LARGER RIVERS SUCH AS THE FRENCH BROAD...LITTLE PIGEON...AND
PIGEON MAY ALSO RISE TO NEAR FLOOD. EVEN THE UPPER REACHES OF THE
POWELL AND CLINCH RIVERS MAY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT RISES.
URBAN AREAS SUCH AS CHATTANOOGA...KNOXVILLE...AND JOHNSON CITY MAY
EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING IN THE TYPICAL LOW FLAT SPOTS.
BE CAREFUL AND KEEP AN EYE ON STREAMS AND FLOOD PRONE SPOTS. IF
YOU COME TO A FLOODED OR CLOSED ROAD...TURN AROUND. DON`T DROWN.
$$
DGS

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 530 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 515 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

/409 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE REGION BY
THIS AFTERNOON...BRINGING THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG WINDS AROUND
THE MOUNTAINS DUE TO MOUNTAIN WAVES. IN ADDITION...WITH THE GROUND
REMAINING NEARLY SATURATED...SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD
PRONE AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
THE STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL EXIT THE REGION ON FRIDAY.
THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG WINDS AROUND THE MOUNTAINS DUE
TO MOUNTAIN WAVES. THE RISK OF FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD
PRONE AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BY TONIGHT FOR WIND AND FLOODING
REPORTS.
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