URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 335 AM EST SUN NOV 27 2016 ...HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS AND MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA LATE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT... .A STORM SYSTEM ACROSS THE MID-SECTION OF THE NATION WILL MOVE TOWARD THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS LATE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING WITH IT STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS INTO THE REGION...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. NCZ060-061-TNZ018-041-043-045>047-072-074-087-271645- /O.NEW.KMRX.HW.A.0002.161128T2100Z-161129T1200Z/ CHEROKEE-CLAY-JOHNSON-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE- UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER-SOUTHEAST CARTER-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...MOUNTAIN CITY... COSBY...CEDAR CREEK...ERWIN...ELIZABETHTON...ROAN MOUNTAIN... CADES COVE...GATLINBURG...COKER CREEK 335 AM EST SUN NOV 27 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * EVENT...SOUTHERLY WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS DEVELOPING LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING UNTIL AROUND DAYBREAK TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...THE WINDY CONDITIONS MAY DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS TO CROSS WIND ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND/OR DRIVING HIGH PROFILES VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...AND/OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$