1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 7, 2:08 PM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 308 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT AND FRIDAY)...REMNANTS OF TS CINDY CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTHWARD AND ASSOCIATED RAIN SHIELD WILL EXIT THE MRX CWA THIS EVENING. THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR MUCH OF THE AREA...BUT WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH 00Z FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES. OTHERWISE...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS MAY DEVELOP THIS EVENING WITH ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...MARGINAL INSTABILITY AND WEAK LIFT FROM THE EXITING SYSTEM. DRYING TREND DEVELOPS FOR LATE TONIGHT WITH DECREASING CLOUDS AND WINDS. AS A RESULT...PATCHY FOG IS EXPECTED...MAINLY ALONG AREA LAKES AND RIVERS. ON FRIDAY...THE DRYING TREND CONTINUES WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MOVING IN. GUIDANCE NUMBER LOOK ON TRACK AND WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES CLOSE TO THESE. .LONG TERM...(TOMORROW NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY) MODEL DISCUSSION...STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE MODEL FORECAST FOR THE LONG TERM PERIOD. 06Z GFS STARTED TO MOVE BACK TO THE EAST WITH ITS TRACK OF DENNIS ALONG WITH ALL OF THE OTHER DYNAMICAL MODELS. NHC IN TCDAT4 PRODUCT MENTIONED THAT A GULFSTREAM IV JET MISSION LAST NIGHT DISCOVERED THE SUB TROPICAL RIDGING OVER THE ATLANTIC TO BE SOMEWHAT WEAKER THAN PREVIOUS MODEL RUNS HAD INDICATED. THEREFORE...TODAYS MODEL CYCLES HAVE RESPONDED WITH SHIFTING THE TRACK FURTHER TO THE EAST. THE 12Z GFS RESPONDED BY CALLING FOR A LANDFALL ACROSS THE BIG BEND REGION OF FLORIDA ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND MOVING THE SYSTEM JUST TO THE WEST OF CHATTANOOGA BY DAYBREAK MONDAY. OTHER GLOBAL MODELS...THE ECMWF AND UKMET HAVE NOT SHIFTED THE STORM AS FAR TO THE EAST AT THIS TIME. WHICH SUCH UNCERTAINTY FEEL IT IS PRUDENT NOT TO TOTALLY FOLLOW THE GFS SOLUTION AND GO WITH LIKELY POPS FOR THE FORECAST AREA SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...BUT WILL NEVERTHELESS RATCHET UP POPS SOME. FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...WITH CINDYS REMAINS WELL TO THE NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA AT THE START OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD...THE REGION WILL RECEIVE A BRIEF RESPITE FROM THE RAINY WEATHER ON SATURDAY BEFORE FOCUS SHIFTS BACK TO THE SOUTH AND THE APPROACH OF HURRICANE DENNIS. AS TYPICAL WITH LARGE TROPICAL SYSTEMS...SUBSIDENCE OUT IN FRONT OF THE STORM WILL PROVIDE SOME NICE WEATHER FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND WARM CONDITIONS. IN FACT...TEMPS MAY BE 20 DEGREES WARMER IN SOME PLACES THAN WHAT OCCURRED ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WILL ONLY PLACE A SLIGHT CHANCE POP SOUTHERN SECTIONS AND INTO THE MOUNTAINS TO ACCOUNT FOR AFTERNOON CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY...THOUGH SHOULD BE EXTREMELY ISOLATED UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING. SUNDAY...AS THE OUTER FRINGES OF DENNIS START TO MOVE TOWARD THE REGION...WILL INCREASE POPS SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE DAY. WILL GO FOR 40 TO 50 PERCENT FOR CHATTANOOGA BY SUNDAY EVENING AND 20S AND 30S ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN SECTIONS. WILL GO SLIGHTLY BELOW MAV GUIDANCE HERE TO ACCOUNT FOR CLOUD COVER. MONDAY...IF THE 12Z GFS VERIFIES WE COULD BE LOOKING AT ANOTHER TROPICAL SYSTEM TRAVERSING OUR REGION. WITH UNCERTAINTY STILL IN THE FORECAST AS EXPLAINED ABOVE...WILL ONLY GO UP TO 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN FOR MONDAY SOUTH AND 40 ELSEWHERE. WILL KNOCK MAX TEMPS DOWN A FEW DEGREES BELOW GUIDANCE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE CLOUDY SKIES. AGAIN...IT SHOULD BE POINTED OUT THAT MUCH UNCERTAINTY EXISTS IN THE PATH OF DENNIS. THE EVENTUAL PATH OF THE STORM WILL DICTATE WHAT WEATHER WE EXPERIENCE EARLY IN THE WORK WEEK. TUESDAY...DENNIS WILL MOVE INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. 06Z GFS INDICATED A LARGE MID LEVEL RIDGE SETTING UP OVER THE REGION AND CAUSING DENNIS TO STALL. 12Z GFS NOT SO BULLISH ON THIS FEATURE THOUGH IT DOES BRING THE REMAINS OF DENNIS BACK THROUGH MY FORECAST AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH ANOTHER SHOT AT RAINFALL THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. WILL ONLY GO WITH 30 POPS HERE AS MODELS ARE HIGHLY DIVERGENT BY THIS TIME IN THE FORECAST PERIOD. WEDNESDAY...WITH UNCERTAINTY IN DENNIS AND OTHER FEATURES IN THE FORECAST...WILL RUN SLIGHT CHANCE AND CHANCE POPS AT THIS END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. WILL TREND TEMPS TOWARD MEX GUIDANCE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 66 89 67 92 / 20 10 10 20 KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 63 86 65 89 / 20 10 10 10 OAK RIDGE, TN 63 86 65 89 / 20 10 10 10 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 61 83 62 86 / 50 10 10 10 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC......NONE. TN......NONE. VA......FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT ALL SW VA COUNTIES UNTIL 8PM EDT. && MJB/GODSEY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 640 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-080900- ANDERSON-BLEDSOE-BLOUNT SMOKY MTN-BRADLEY-CAMPBELL-CHEROKEE- CLAIBORNE-CLAY-COCKE SMOKY MTN-EAST POLK-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-HAMILTON- HANCOCK-HAWKINS-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-KNOX-LEE-LOUDON-MARION-MCMINN- MEIGS-MORGAN-NORTH SEVIER-NORTHWEST CARTER-NORTHWEST COCKE- NORTHWEST GREENE-NORTHWEST MONROE-NW BLOUNT-RHEA-ROANE-RUSSELL- SCOTT TN-SCOTT VA-SEQUATCHIE-SEVIER SMOKY MTN-SOUTHEAST CARTER- SOUTHEAST GREENE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-SULLIVAN-UNICOI-UNION- WASHINGTON TN-WASHINGTON VA-WEST POLK-WISE- 640 AM EDT (540 AM CDT) THU JUL 7 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE (TODAY AND TONIGHT)... THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM CINDY WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS AND TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY. AT THIS TIME...THE HEAVIEST RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TROPICAL SYSTEM IS STILL EXPECTED TO REMAIN EAST OF THE APPALACHIANS. HOWEVER...A MORE WESTWARD DEVIATION FROM THE PROJECTED PATH COULD RESULT IN MORE RAINFALL. ANY SLOWING OF THE FORWARD SPEED OF THE SYSTEM WILL ALSO RESULT IN HIGHER RAINFALL TOTALS. EITHER CASE MAY RESULT IN FLOODING IN SOME LOCATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANOTHER TROPICAL SYSTEM...HURRICANE DENNIS...MAY IMPACT THE AREA BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. HOWEVER...GENERALLY TRANQUIL WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED UNTIL THEN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS UNLIKELY AT THIS TIME. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MRX. LCM
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
High water on Old Harrigan Rd. and Turkey Branch Rd.
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