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WWUS84 KMEG 201021
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
521 AM CDT THU AUG 20 2026
TNZ021-022-054-055-201100-
CARROLL TN-HENDERSON TN-BENTON TN-DECATUR TN-
521 AM CDT THU AUG 20 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON
SOUTHERN BENTON...SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL AND NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTIES
THROUGH 600 AM CDT...
AT 521 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12
MILES SOUTH OF NEW JOHNSONVILLE, OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF NATCHEZ
TRACE STATE PARK, MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HUNTINGDON, PARKERS CROSSROADS, CLARKSBURG, WESTPORT, HILLARD,
DOLLAR, JUMBO, JEANNETTE, I-40 NEAR THE TENNESSEE RIVER, SCOTT HILL,
HOLLADAY, LEACH, SUGAR TREE, TATE, GARRETSBURG, PALMER SHELTER, YUMA,
COZETTE, AND BUENA VISTA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 110 AND
134.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3587 8794 3583 8797 3578 8798 3576 8799
3572 8803 3570 8803 3568 8802 3569 8804
3585 8854 3603 8846 3596 8802 3595 8802
3594 8800 3594 8793
TIME...MOT...LOC 1021Z 286DEG 22KT 3584 8805
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
JAB
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