Flood Watch for Blountville - Click for Details
...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...Expires: July 19, 2025 @ 12:00amPRECAUTIONARY
You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.LOCATIONS
WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.INFO1
WHERE...Portions of east Tennessee, including the following areas, Campbell, Claiborne, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Northwest Carter, Scott TN and Sullivan and southwest Virginia, including the following areas, Lee, Russell, Scott VA, Washington VA and Wise.INFO2
WHEN...Through Friday evening.INFO3
IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.INFO4
ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Heavy downpours over already saturated ground and repetitive rounds of rain over the same locations may lead to flash
Wind: N 0 mph Visibility: 10 mi
Pressure: 1023 mb
Conditions as of 9:15am
7-Day Forecast:
7/18
WSW 5 mph
SSW 2 mph
7/19
SW 4 mph
WSW 5 mph
7/20
WSW 5 mph
WSW 4 mph
7/21
W 3 mph
NNE 1 mph
7/22
S 2 mph
ESE 2 mph
7/23
S 2 mph
SSE 1 mph
7/24
SSW 3 mph
Next 36 Hours
As we hit late afternoon on this Thursday, our weather is calming down some…except for near Marion and near the state line in Carter County. It looks like more storms may be developing, though, so our unsettled weather pattern will continue into tonight…and well into the weekend. Welcome to the Tri-Cities Weather Blog forecast through Monday!
- Tonight-Partly cloudy with scattered showers and storms (flood watch until midnight). Lows near 70.
- Friday-Clouds will be around along with more rain and storms at times. High 88.
- Friday night-Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Lows near 70.
- Saturday-Cloudy with scattered showers and storms possible at any time. High 87.
- Sunday-Cloudy with more rain and storms from time to time. High 87.
- Monday-Partly cloudy, some scattered showers and storms again. High 88.
Yes, it is summer, and that to some degree means afternoon showers and storms from time to time. This year, we’ve had waves of days in a row with not so many of those, and then a lot! Some of them have even had severe characteristics…which for the most part doesn’t happen so much unless the storms are toward the end of their life cycles.
The weather news in the very near term is that the National Weather Service office folks down in Morristown have put us all under a flood watch until midnight tonight (July 17). That is because a lot of us received a lot of rain late last night, and was basically to cover if storms today covered the same areas. Training of storms can overwhelm the ability for water to soak in, which can cause flooding. And with all the recent news about flooding elsewhere
The forecast does include showers and thunderstorms pretty much at any time period for any part of the day. But that doesn’t mean a “raining all day” situation. We should have long periods of dry weather with rounds of rain and storms in between. These storms are not moving through like a line of storms, but forming then moving around the area before they lose their intensity. Then, what’s left of those storms form new ones in different places around the Tri-Cities. It’s very interesting watching the storms work, both in looking at the sky and on radar!
So, while things will be quite warm the next few days (although about at our average for this part of July), there are also good chances of rain between now and then, pretty much at any time. Enjoy the good weather while it’s around, and stay safe when it’s not so good at times through Monday!
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