The Chattanooga area is under a severe weather warning, as well as a thunderstorm watch for later today and tonight
The forecast from the National Weather Service said tornadoes are possible.
Here is the thunderstorm watch:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
423 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE
FOLLOWING AREAS
IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES
IN SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA
CHEROKEE CLAY
IN TENNESSEE THIS WATCH INCLUDES 25 COUNTIES
IN EAST TENNESSEE
ANDERSON BLEDSOE BLOUNT
BRADLEY CAMPBELL CLAIBORNE
COCKE GRAINGER HAMBLEN
HAMILTON JEFFERSON KNOX
LOUDON MARION MCMINN
MEIGS MONROE MORGAN
POLK RHEA ROANE
SCOTT SEQUATCHIE SEVIER
UNION
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...BENTON...CHATTANOOGA...
CLEVELAND...CLINTON...DANDRIDGE...DAYTON...DECATUR...DUNLAP...
HAYESVILLE...JASPER...KINGSTON...KNOXVILLE...LA FOLLETTE...
LENOIR CITY...MADISONVILLE...MARYVILLE...MAYNARDVILLE...
MORRISTOWN...MURPHY...NEWPORT...OAK RIDGE...ONEIDA...PIKEVILLE...
RUTLEDGE...SEVIERVILLE...TAZEWELL AND WARTBURG.
Here is the latest weather advisory:
SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN TENNESSEE
VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
IN WAKE OF THE COMPLEX OF STORMS THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA
THIS MORNING...AN EXTREMELY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION.
A SIGNIFICANT
EPISODE OF SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE AS A COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTH
INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.
A HEIGHTENED RISK FOR WIDESPREAD DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS WILL
EXIST WITH THE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY DEVELOP...ALONG
WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY
RAINFALL. ADDITIONALLY...A FEW TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS.
PLEASE REVIEW YOUR SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES DUE TO THE
POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY. THOSE WITH OUTDOOR PLANS
SHOULD ESPECIALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THE LATEST FORECAST
INFORMATION...AND HAVE A WAY TO RECEIVE ANY WATCHES AND WARNINGS
THAT MAY BE ISSUED.
A HEIGHTENED RISK FOR WIDESPREAD DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS WILL
EXIST WITH ANOTHER COMPLEX OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY
DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG AND AHEAD OF A
SOUTHWARD MOVING COLD FRONT. IN ADDITION TO THE DAMAGING WIND
THREAT...VERY LARGE HAIL AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. ADDITIONALLY...THE POTENTIAL FOR A
FEW TORNADOES ALSO EXISTS.
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