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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
609 AM EDT THU MAY 9 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BRADLEY COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 645 AM EDT.
* AT 608 AM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR COHUTTA, OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF RINGGOLD, MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHERN BRADLEY AND SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTIES, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... RED CLAY STATE PARK, FLINT SPRINGS, APISON,
GAP SPRINGS, AND COLLEGEDALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A
MOBILE HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3499 8506 3506 8504 3507 8474 3506 8475
3499 8478
TIME...MOT...LOC 1008Z 289DEG 28KT 3502 8502
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
JLB
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