Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Widespread rain continues across the area through the day. Thunderstorms are possible today. Colder weather arrives Wednesday night into late week with snow possible across the mountains.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Thursday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Showers, mainly before 1pm. Patchy fog between noon and 2pm. Highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly before midnight. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday
A 20 percent chance of showers before 8am. Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the west 3 to 6 mph.
Thursday
A slight chance of snow showers before 9am, then a slight chance of rain showers after 9am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday Night
A chance of rain showers before 8pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers, then a chance of snow showers after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 3pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Areas of fog. Highs in the lower 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 10pm, then a chance of showers between 10pm and 1am. Widespread fog, mainly after 5am. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the east around 5 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday
A 20 percent chance of showers before 9am. Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the southwest in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 40.
Thursday Night
A 40 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Showers, mainly before 1pm. Areas of fog before 3pm. Highs near 60. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly before midnight. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday
A 20 percent chance of showers before 8am. Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increaing to come out of the west southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 10am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Thursday Night
A chance of rain showers before 8pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers between 8pm and 10pm, then a chance of snow showers after 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Showers, mainly before 1pm. Patchy fog between noon and 2pm. Highs near 60. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers likely, mainly before midnight. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday
A 20 percent chance of showers before 9am. Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
A slight chance of showers between 1am and 4am, then a slight chance of rain after 4am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday
A slight chance of rain before 7am, then a chance of showers, mainly after 1pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 40. Chance of rain is 30%.
Thursday Night
A chance of rain and snow showers before 10pm, then a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 30. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
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Hazards
A flood watch is in effect for Macon county until 6pm this evening. Rain chances will decrease through the day.
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
1033 PM EST Mon Dec 25 2023
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
* WHERE...Portions of northeast Georgia, including the following areas, Habersham, Rabun and Stephens, western North Carolina, including the following areas, Eastern Polk, Greater Rutherford, Henderson, Macon, Polk Mountains, Rutherford Mountains, Southern Jackson and Transylvania, and upstate South Carolina, including the following areas, Central Greenville, Greater Oconee, Greater Pickens, Greenville Mountains, Northern Spartanburg, Oconee Mountains and Pickens Mountains.
* WHEN...Through Tuesday afternoon.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Deep moisture across the area and strong southeasterly low level flow will lead to heavy rainfall today through Tuesday afternoon. Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are also possible which could increase rainfall rates where they develop. Amounts of 3 to 6 inches with locally higher totals are expected through Tuesday morning which could lead to flooding, especially locations along and near the Blue Ridge Escarpment where upslope flow could enhance rainfall rates. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Flood Watch means there is a potential for flooding based on current forecasts. Please monitor the latest forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop.
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News Briefing
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On This Day
December 26 is the 360th day of the year (361st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; five days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
887 – Berengar I is elected as king of Italy by the lords of Lombardy. He is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy at Pavia.
1481 – Battle of Westbroek: An army of 4,000 to 5,000 soldiers raised by David of Burgundy, Bishop of Utrecht, attacks an armed mob of people from nearby Utrecht who were trying to avenge the massacre of the inhabitants of Westbroek.
1704 – Second Battle of Anandpur: In the Second Battle of Anandpur, Aurangzeb's two generals, Wazir Khan and Zaberdast Khan executed two children of Guru Gobind Singh, Zorawar Singh aged eight and Fateh Singh aged five, by burying them alive into a wall.
1709 – The opera Agrippina by George Frideric Handel premiered in Venice.
1723 – Bach led the first performance of Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes, BWV 40, his first Christmas Cantata composed for Leipzig.
1776 – American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Trenton, the Continental Army attacks and successfully defeats a garrison of Hessian forces.
1790 – Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution.
1793 – Second Battle of Wissembourg: France defeats Austria.
1799 – Henry Lee III's eulogy to George Washington in congress declares him as "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen".
1805 – Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg.
1806 – Battles of Pultusk and Golymin: Russian forces hold French forces under Napoleon.
1811 – A theater fire in Richmond, Virginia kills the Governor of Virginia George William Smith and the president of the First National Bank of Virginia Abraham B. Venable.
1825 – Advocates of liberalism in Russia rise up against Czar Nicholas I in the Decembrist revolt, but are later suppressed.
1843 – The discovery of octonions by John T. Graves, who denoted them with a boldface O, was announced to his mathematician friend William Hamilton, discoverer of quaternions, in a letter on this date.
1860 – First Rules derby is held between Sheffield F.C. and Hallam F.C., the oldest football fixture in the world.
1861 – American Civil War: The Trent Affair: Confederate diplomatic envoys James Murray Mason and John Slidell are freed by the United States government, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and the United Kingdom.
1862 – American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou begins as General William Tecumseh Sherman begins landing his troops.
1862 – The largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, where 38 Native Americans died.
1871 – Thespis, the first Gilbert and Sullivan collaboration, debuts.
1898 – Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.
1919 – Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee, allegedly establishing the Curse of the Bambino superstition.
1941 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the United States.
1941 – British Prime Minister Winston Churchill addresses a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress.
1943 – World War II: German warship Scharnhorst is sunk off of Norway's North Cape after a battle against major Royal Navy forces.
1944 – World War II: George S. Patton's Third Army breaks the encirclement of surrounded U.S. forces at Bastogne, Belgium.
1948 – Cardinal József Mindszenty is arrested in Hungary and accused of treason and conspiracy.
1948 – The last Soviet troops withdraw from North Korea.
1963 – The Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "I Saw Her Standing There" are released in the United States, marking the beginning of Beatlemania on an international level.
1966 – The first Kwanzaa is celebrated by Maulana Karenga, the chair of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach.
1968 – The Communist Party of the Philippines is established by Jose Maria Sison, breaking away from the Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas-1930.
1972 – Vietnam War: As part of Operation Linebacker II, 120 American B-52 Stratofortress bombers attacked Hanoi, including 78 launched from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, the largest single combat launch in Strategic Air Command history.
1975 – Tu-144, the world's first commercial supersonic aircraft, surpassing Mach 2, goes into service.
1978 – The inaugural Paris-Dakar Rally begins.
1980 – Witnesses report the first of several sightings of unexplained lights near RAF Woodbridge, in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, an incident called "Britain's Roswell".
1989 – United Express Flight 2415 crashes on approach to the Tri-Cities Airport in Pasco, Washington, killing all six people on board.
1991 – The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union meets and formally dissolves the Soviet Union, ending the Cold War.
1994 – Four Armed Islamic Group hijackers seize control of Air France Flight 8969. When the plane lands at Marseille, a French Gendarmerie assault team boards the aircraft and kills the hijackers.
1998 – Iraq announces its intention to fire upon U.S. and British warplanes that patrol the northern and southern no-fly zones.
1999 – The storm Lothar sweeps across Central Europe, killing 137 and causing US$1.3 billion in damage.
2003 – The 6.6 Mw Bam earthquake shakes southeastern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving more than 26,000 dead and 30,000 injured.
2004 – The 9.1–9.3 Mw Indian Ocean earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). One of the largest observed tsunamis, it affected coastal and partially mainland areas of Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Indonesia; death toll is estimated at 227,898.
2004 – Orange Revolution: The final run-off election in Ukraine is held under heavy international scrutiny.
2006 – Two earthquakes in Hengchun, Taiwan measuring 7.0 and 6.9 on the Richter scale kill two and disrupt telecommunications across Asia.
2012 – China opens the world's longest high-speed rail route, which links Beijing and Guangzhou.
2015 – During the December 2015 North American storm complex, a Tornado Outbreak occurs in the DFW Metroplex, with the most notable tornadoes being an EF2, EF3, and an EF4. About a dozen people died due to various reasons, 10 of which due to the EF4, which did substantial damage to the suburb of Rowlett.
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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, December 26, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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