From the Nashville National Weather Service (issued this morning):

INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT TO TUESDAY EVENING.

MOISTURE IN ASSOCIATION WITH KATRINA WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE NORTHWARD MOVING EYE. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE BEGINNING ON MONDAY AND CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE PERIOD FROM MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT…STRONG WINDS OF AS MUCH AS 30 TO 49 MPH…AND GUSTS TO IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH…WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AS THE CENTER OF KATRINA APPROACHES AND THEN MOVES ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE MID STATE.

THE RAINFALL AND HIGH WINDS SHOULD DECREASE TUESDAY NIGHT WITH A RETURN TO PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS ON WEDNESDAY.

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