WEATHER ALERT DAY MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY - An impactful weather system with extreme winds, heavy rain, light freezing rain (east), and eventually snow is heading toward the region.
The most impactful part of this event will be the winds. The mountains of East Tennessee and Avery County, NC is under a High Wind WATCH for Monday night through Tuesday. Winds in the mountains could gust to 80 MPH at times with wind prone spots like Camp Creek seeing wind gust of 90+ MPH. Scattered tree damage and power outages are likely. Some school schedule changes will also be likely. We will have those covered for you. Winds in the valleys will gust from 35 to 50 MPH from Monday night through Tuesday.
Rainfall will be beneficial with this system many areas could see 1-2 inches of rain. Some locally higher rain amounts will be possible in WNC where isolated flooding could become an issue. Rainfall will start around midnight Monday night and last through Tuesday afternoon
The rain could start out as freezing rain in our NC mountain counties and Grayson County, VA Monday night and early Tuesday. A glaze to a tenth of an inch of ice accumulation is possible and could cause localized slick travel Tuesday morning. Parts of far Southeast Washington County, VA and southern Smyth County, VA near Konnarock could also see a glaze of ice.
Some snow could develop on the backside of this system Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Some light snowfall accumulation could be possible. Check back for updates on this potential tomorrow.
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