Just got an NWS alert for crazy weather supposedly coming Monday night into Tuesday.
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Issued by The National Weather Service
Knoxville/Tri-Cities, TN
Updated Oct 12, 2014, 5:10pm EDT
National and Local Weather News
Watches & Warnings Explained
Storm Watch (video)
... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... TORRENTIAL RAINS AND FLASH FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY... ... HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS FOR MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL TIGHTEN THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE REGION PRODUCING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS OVERTHE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE HIGH WINDS MAY DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES.
THIS SYSTEM WILL PULL ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL BACK INTO THE AREA TUESDAY. SINCE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM THE RECENT RAINFALL... THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS... STREET FLOODING... FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS AND MUD SLIDES.
AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH TUESDAY... WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS ALOFT... SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS WITH AN ISOLATED TORNADO. THE EXACT TIMING OF THE STORMS ARE STILL UNCERTAIN.