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Knoxville, Tennessee
National Weather Service: Areal Flood Watch
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Almanac
Average High: 46°
Average Low: 29°
Record high/year: 73° (1950)
Record low/year: -5° (1884)
Sunrise: 7:46 AM
Sunset: 5:35 PM
Detailed History
Sun and Moon
Sunrise: 07:46 AM (EST)
Moon Rise: 12:32 PM (EST) 1 5
Sunset: 05:35 PM (EST)
Moon Set: 01:42 AM (EST) 1 5
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Nowcast as of 9:58 PM EST on January 5, 2009
Now
Through midnight EST...a very large area of rain with embedded showers and possible thunderstorms...will continue to spread into and across central east Tennessee and the Great Smoky Mountains. Movement will be east northeast at 45 to 50 miles an hour. Rainfall amounts will generally range from one tenth to one half inch per hour. However...amounts of up to three quarters of an inch or more per hour...will be possible with heavier showers and any thunderstorms. Patchy fog will also be seen across the region overnight. The fog may become locally dense in some areas...reducing visibilities to one mile or less at times. Motorists are urged to slow down and use low beam headlights when traveling through areas with fog.
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Forecast data from the National Digital Forecast Database
5-Day Forecast
Hi 54°
Lo 45°
Rain Showers
Hi 47°
Lo 29°
Rain Showers
Hi 38°
Lo 25°
Partly Cloudy
Hi 45°
Lo 34°
Partly Cloudy
Hi 45°
Lo 23°
Chance of Rain
Forecast for Knox
Flood Watch in effect from midnight EST tonight through Wednesday morning...
Tonight
Rain showers likely in the evening...then rain showers after midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 40s. Light winds. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
Tuesday
Rain showers. Highs in the mid 50s. Light winds. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
Tuesday Night
Rain showers. Lows in the mid 40s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
Wednesday
Cloudy with rain showers likely. Breezy. Highs in the upper 40s. Temperature steady or slowly falling in the afternoon. West winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
Wednesday Night
Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the evening...then a slight chance of snow showers after midnight. Colder. Lows in the upper 20s to lower 30s. West winds 5 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 30 percent.
Thursday
Mostly cloudy. Highs around 40.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
Friday
Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s.
Saturday
Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain showers and snow showers in the morning...then a chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid to upper 40s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers and snow showers in the evening...then a slight chance of snow showers after midnight. Lows in the mid to upper 20s. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
Sunday
Sunny. Highs in the lower 40s.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s.
Monday
Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of rain. Highs in the lower 40s.
Areal Flood Watch Statement as of 9:29 PM CST on January 5, 2009/
... Flood Watch remains in effect from midnight EST /11 PM CST/
tonight through Wednesday morning...
The Flood Watch continues for
* portions of southwest North Carolina and east Tennessee...
including the following areas... in southwest North Carolina...
Cherokee and Clay. In east Tennessee... Anderson... Bledsoe...
Blount Smoky Mountains... Bradley... Campbell... Claiborne...
Cocke Smoky Mountains... east Polk... Grainger... Hamblen...
Hamilton... Jefferson... Knox... Loudon... Marion... McMinn...
Meigs... Morgan... NW Blount... north Sevier... northwest Cocke...
northwest Monroe... Rhea... Roane... Scott TN... Sequatchie...
Sevier Smoky Mountains... southeast Monroe... Union and west
Polk.
* Through Wednesday morning
* rainfall may be heavy at times beginning late tonight through
Wednesday morning. By Wednesday morning... widespread total
rainfall amounts of three to four inches will be possible
across most of the watch area. In addition... locally higher
amounts will be possible in a few areas.
* A Flood Watch means that conditions are favorable for heavy
rain... which may lead to flooding in and near the watch area.
If you are in the watch area... keep an eye out for rising
water or water over roadways. Keep informed and be ready for
action if flooding is observed... or if a Flood Warning is
issued. If you come to a closed or flooded Road... turn around!
Don't drown!
A Flood Watch means that conditions are favorable for heavy
rain... which may lead to flooding in and near the watch area. If
you are in the watch area... .keep an eye out for rising water or
water over roadways. Keep informed... and be ready for action if
flooding is observed or if a Flood Warning is issued. If you come
to a closed or flooded Road... turn around! Don't drown!
Record Report Statement as of 04:17 PM CST on January 05, 2009
... Record high temperature set at New Orleans Armstrong Airport...
a record high temperature of 78 degrees was set at New Orleans
Armstrong international Airport today. This ties the old record of
78 set in 1955.
Personal Weather Stations
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Location: Fountain City, Knoxville, TN Updated: 11:31 PM EST |
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| Temperature: - | Dew Point: 2681 °F | Humidity: - | Wind: North at - | Pressure: 29.96 in | Hourly Precipitation: 655.35 in | Windchill: - | Historical Graphs |
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Location: Sterchi Hills, Knoxville, TN Updated: 11:19 PM EST |
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| Temperature: 47.2 °F | Dew Point: 47 °F | Humidity: 98% | Wind: Calm | Pressure: 29.92 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.08 in | Windchill: 47 °F | Historical Graphs |
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Location: Landon Park, Knoxville, TN Updated: 11:31 PM EST |
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| Temperature: 44.8 °F | Dew Point: 44 °F | Humidity: 96% | Wind: Calm | Pressure: 28.82 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.08 in | Windchill: 45 °F | Historical Graphs |
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Location: CFI, Knoxville, TN Updated: 11:31 PM EST |
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| Temperature: 48.4 °F | Dew Point: 45 °F | Humidity: 89% | Wind: Calm | Pressure: 29.03 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.16 in | Windchill: 48 °F | Historical Graphs |
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Location: Holiday Hills, Knoxville, TN Updated: 11:31 PM EST |
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| Temperature: 46.4 °F | Dew Point: 46 °F | Humidity: 98% | Wind: NNW at 1.1 mph | Pressure: 29.91 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.08 in | Windchill: 46 °F | Historical Graphs |
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Location: Powell, Knoxville, TN Updated: 11:30 PM EST |
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| Temperature: 45.0 °F | Dew Point: 39 °F | Humidity: 80% | Wind: NNE at 2.0 mph | Pressure: 29.78 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.04 in | Windchill: 45 °F | Historical Graphs |
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Location: Hidden Hills, Knoxville, TN Updated: 11:31 PM EST |
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| Temperature: 46.4 °F | Dew Point: 42 °F | Humidity: 83% | Wind: Calm | Pressure: 29.92 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.12 in | Windchill: 46 °F | Historical Graphs |
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Location: Deane Hill, Knoxville, TN Updated: 11:30 PM EST |
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| Temperature: 45.4 °F | Dew Point: 44 °F | Humidity: 94% | Wind: ESE at 1.0 mph | Pressure: 29.88 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.24 in | Windchill: 45 °F | Historical Graphs |
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Location: Duncans Glen, Knoxville, TN Updated: 11:20 PM EST |
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| Temperature: 46.2 °F | Dew Point: 46 °F | Humidity: 98% | Wind: Calm | Pressure: 29.93 in | Hourly Precipitation: - | Windchill: 46 °F | Historical Graphs |
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Location: Karns, Knoxville, TN Updated: 11:30 PM EST |
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| Temperature: 43.8 °F | Dew Point: 43 °F | Humidity: 96% | Wind: ENE at 1.0 mph | Pressure: 29.92 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.07 in | Windchill: 44 °F | Historical Graphs |
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Location: Johnson Road, Seymour, TN Updated: 11:31 PM EST |
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| Temperature: 47.9 °F | Dew Point: 47 °F | Humidity: 97% | Wind: NW at 1.0 mph | Pressure: 29.84 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.14 in | Windchill: 48 °F | Historical Graphs |
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Location: Suburban Hills, Knoxville, TN Updated: 11:31 PM EST |
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| Temperature: 48.1 °F | Dew Point: 46 °F | Humidity: 91% | Wind: Calm | Pressure: 29.89 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.10 in | Windchill: 48 °F | Historical Graphs |
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Location: EnerNex at Waters Edge, Knoxville, TN Updated: 11:31 PM EST |
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| Temperature: 46.8 °F | Dew Point: 46 °F | Humidity: 98% | Wind: NNW at 1.0 mph | Pressure: 29.81 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.05 in | Windchill: 47 °F | Historical Graphs |
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Location: Clinch Mountain Foothills, Luttrell, TN Updated: 11:31 PM EST |
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| Temperature: 46.8 °F | Dew Point: 45 °F | Humidity: 95% | Wind: Calm | Pressure: 28.70 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in | Windchill: 47 °F | Historical Graphs |
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Location: APRSWXNET New Market TN US, New Market, TN Updated: 11:01 PM EST |
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| Temperature: 48 °F | Dew Point: 47 °F | Humidity: 97% | Wind: Calm | Pressure: 28.73 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.28 in | Windchill: 48 °F | Historical Graphs |
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Location: Maryville, Maryville, TN Updated: 11:29 PM EST |
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| Temperature: 47.8 °F | Dew Point: 47 °F | Humidity: 97% | Wind: Calm | Pressure: 28.88 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.16 in | Windchill: 48 °F | Historical Graphs |
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Location: RAWS JEFFERSON CO TOWER TN US, Jefferson City, TN Updated: 11:05 PM EST |
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| Temperature: 47 °F | Dew Point: 47 °F | Humidity: 100% | Wind: East at 5 mph | Pressure: - | Hourly Precipitation: 0.18 in | Windchill: 45 °F | Historical Graphs |
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Location: North Grainger County, Washburn, TN Updated: 11:30 PM EST |
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| Temperature: 45.6 °F | Dew Point: 44 °F | Humidity: 94% | Wind: Calm | Pressure: 29.93 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.04 in | Windchill: 46 °F | Historical Graphs |
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Location: RAWS CHUCK SWAN SF TN US, Sharps Chapel, TN Updated: 11:05 PM EST |
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| Temperature: 42 °F | Dew Point: 42 °F | Humidity: 100% | Wind: NE at 2 mph | Pressure: - | Hourly Precipitation: 0.04 in | Windchill: 42 °F | Historical Graphs |
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Location: Friendsville on the TN River, Friendsville, TN Updated: 11:31 PM EST |
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| Temperature: 47.3 °F | Dew Point: 46 °F | Humidity: 97% | Wind: Calm | Pressure: 29.84 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.11 in | Windchill: 47 °F | Historical Graphs |
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Location: South Douglas Lake, Sevierville, TN Updated: 11:29 PM EST |
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| Temperature: 47.2 °F | Dew Point: 47 °F | Humidity: 100% | Wind: Calm | Pressure: 29.92 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.16 in | Windchill: 47 °F | Historical Graphs |
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NWS Forecaster Discussion
392 fxus64 kmrx 060146 afdmrx Area forecast discussion National Weather Service Morristown Tennessee 845 PM EST Monday Jan 5 2009 Discussion...large rain shield moving northeast out of Alabama and middle Tennessee to move over the forecast area with light rain over much of the area and some moderate rain across the Cumberland Plateau. Temperatures range from the middle 30s Wise County and part of the northern plateau to the lower 50s southeast Tennessee and SW NC at this hour. A nearly stationary front lies just south of the forecast area and is expected to lie along the eastern mountains overnight. Still looks like next 36 hour period or more of fairly continuous rainfall as upper trough strengthens over south central states and brings moisture NE across southeast states tonight into Wednesday while low pressure areas move NE along front. Heaviest rains still look to fall across southern third of the forecast area. No changes to current forecast. Will update Flood Watch by 11 PM EST. && Mrx watches/warnings/advisories... NC...Flood Watch from midnight EST tonight through Wednesday morning for the following zones: Cherokee...Clay. Tennessee...Flood Watch from midnight EST /11 PM CST/ tonight through Wednesday morning for the following zones: Anderson... Bledsoe...Blount Smoky Mountains...Bradley...Campbell... Claiborne...Cocke Smoky Mountains...east Polk...Grainger... Hamblen...Hamilton...Jefferson...Knox...Loudon...Marion... McMinn...Meigs...Morgan...NW Blount...north Sevier... northwest Cocke...northwest Monroe...Rhea...Roane...Scott Tennessee...Sequatchie...Sevier Smoky Mountains...southeast Monroe...Union...west Polk. Virginia...none. && $$ Dew point
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