Fri
Jul 31 2009
11:21 am
So are you really under a flood watch?
By: SFCharlie

So are you really under a flood watch?
On NBC's Today show, Al Roker claimed you were, showing a map of most of the Appalachians.

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Flood watch

Submitted by RICK on July 31, 2009 - 11:32am.

There is a flood watch for our immediate area. Heavy rains are predicted for our area later today and tonight. Rain has saturated the ground in recent days. Hopefully, the worst of it will stay north and east. We don't need another flood like the one in May.

Roane County, according to NWS Morristown...

Submitted by RoaneBooster on July 31, 2009 - 11:34am.

... is NOT currently under a Flood Watch.

RB

Yes RB, Thanks for the update

Submitted by SFCharlie on July 31, 2009 - 12:09pm.

Yes RB, Thanks for the update

Thanks for the update RB

Submitted by RICK on July 31, 2009 - 11:38am.

I was going on this morning's weather report.

My pleasure, folks.

Submitted by RoaneBooster on July 31, 2009 - 12:21pm.

While one of my browsers has MRX set as its homepage and I can get there quickly, WC provides us with a quicklink to them here on this site.

If you will look to the far right column (how's THAT for irony, WC?!) on this page, and scroll down until you see a header in boldface gray type that says "Local News Media," right under the link to RCN you will find a link to the National Weather Service's forecast for Kingston. Under thegraphic forecast images, on the left side of the page, you will see a section with a detailed 7-day forecast. IF there are any warning or watch producs active for Roane County, you will see them in red links. Clicking any one of them will take you to a list of all of them, with the one you clicked being at the top. As I type this you will find a Hazardous Weather Outlook and a Short Term Forecast, but no watches or warnings. What is there changes as the situation and forecasts at MRX change.

In the upper left corner of the MRX page, you will see a link that taked you to the main page at the Morristown weather station. From there you can look at radar images and myriad other things related to weather in our area. This page will also show you if there are any active Amber Alerts in our area of TN - it will be on the right of the weather map listed as a Child Abduction Emergency. Browse this page. You will also find, highlighted in red, a link so YOU can report dangerous weather conditions to the office at Morristown.

Just FYI.

RB

TNSkywarn.com/radar.html

Submitted by onetahiti on July 31, 2009 - 1:46pm.

Thanks for the info, RB! Another good page is the radar page of TNSkywarn: (link...).

It has lots of good radar and a scroller with all weather and child warnings, watches, and alerts.

-- OneTahiti

Yep that's a great site

Submitted by RoaneBooster on July 31, 2009 - 2:24pm.

I have it bookmarked. Moe does a good job at keeping that page useful!

RB

Moe

Submitted by onetahiti on July 31, 2009 - 2:50pm.

Moe does do an amazing job there and in his other volunteer endeavors. He is webmaster for a number of East Tennessee emergency-related sites and seems to work tirelessly at it in addition to being a volunteer fireman in Anderson County.

My hat is off to Moe, radioman, technician, fire-fighter, webmaster, and volunteer extraordinaire!
:)

[I hear he may be looking around for more paid work too. Some area employer will be lucky! :) I would be indeed fortunate were I able to hire him full-time. Moe's the kind of guy who is handy to have around.]

It's a small world.

-- OneTahiti

No argument from me on that, OneT!

Submitted by RoaneBooster on July 31, 2009 - 2:57pm.

I know he's workin on learning Drupal competency. He'll get it. Picking up some free-lance web work. I'll refer anybody I can to him. Moe's Da Man!

RB

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