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Arkansas Symphony Orchestra @ Robinson Center Music Hall — 09/22
09/22 — The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra kicked off its 2013-14 season with Tchaikovsky & Rite of Spring, with Philip Mann conducting and Martina Filjak on piano.
Major Tennessee fires:
Flipper Bend (Hamilton) 1,000 acres, 95 percent containedPoe Road (Hamilton) 686 acres, 60 percent containedMowbray (Hamilton) 830 acres, 70 percent containedHobbstown (Sequatchie) 65 acres/100 percent containedSunshine (Sequatchie) 65 acres/100 percent containedBench Bluff (Bledsoe) 1,400 acres, 100 percent containedSoutheast Tennessee overview:Bledsoe County: 4 fires, 2,047 acresGrundy County: 8 fires, 153 acresHamilton County: 4 fires, 1,847 acresMarion County: 5 fires, 1,025 acresMcMinn County: 3 fires, 25 acresMonroe County: 2 fires, 226 acresRhea County: 1 fire, 1 acreSequatchie County: 5 fires, 1,056 acresPolk County [not including Cherokee National Forest]: 1 fire, 20 acresMajor Georgia fires:Fox Mountain (Dade) 2,039 acres, 100 percent containedRocky Face (Whitfield) 590 acres, 99 percent containedRough Ridge (Fannin) 23,000 acres, 30 percent containedTatum Gulf (Dade) 1,600 acres, 15 percent containedLookout Mountain/Sulfur Springs (Dade) 500 acres, 100 percent containedTreat Mountain (Polk/Haralson) 583 acres, 99 percent containedRock Mountain Fire (Rabun) 5,484 acres, 10 percent containedFlat Branch (Rabun/Towns) 600 acres, 4 percent containedCreek Road (Dade) 100 acres, 98 percent containedTimber Bluff (Rabun) 850 acres, 15 percent contained
An expected weekend cold front could bring enough precipitation to break a streak of 27 consecutive days without registered rainfall in Chattanooga.
But it is unlikely to quench a wildfire outbreak sweeping the Southeast.
National Weather Service meteorologist Jeremy Buckles estimated Wednesday afternoon that a Friday night weather front could bring a brief rain, as temperatures drop from a projected high of 75 on Friday to the mid-50s on Saturday.