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Heat and Fire Weather Concerns in the West; Excessive Rainfall Possible in the South-Central U.S.

Heat will build over the Intermountain West and the Southwest the next couple of days. Lightning from dry thunderstorms can create new fire starts and combined with gusty winds may cause a fire to rapidly grow in Oregon and northern California. Flash flooding will be possible in New Mexico and west Texas today, as well as parts of the southern and central Plains due to slow moving thunderstorms. Read More >

Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
200 PM EST Thu Jan 16 2020 /100 PM CST Thu Jan 16 2020/

...Flood Only Forecast Services to be Provided for the Little
River near Maryville TN...

On Tuesday, February 18, 2020, the National Weather Service in
Morristown, Tennessee and the Lower Mississippi River Forecast
Center in Slidell, Louisiana will begin providing flood-only
forecast services for the Little River near Maryville, Tennessee.

When forecasted precipitation is expected to result in the
potential for flooding on the Little River, the National Weather
Service will issue river stage forecasts and the appropriate river
flood warnings or statements. These forecasts, warnings, and
statements will be updated as needed.

River stage forecasts will not be issued during periods of normal
flows when flooding is not expected. The river stage forecasts
will only be issued when flooding is expected or occurring on the
Little River near Maryville.

For more information, please contact Glenn Carrin, Senior Service
Hydrologist, or George Mathews, Meteorologist in Charge, at the
National Weather Service Office in Morristown, Tennessee, at
423-586-3771.