938  
WWUS84 KMRX 211837  
SPSMRX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN  
237 PM EDT TUE OCT 21 2025  
 
TNZ040-042-043-211915-  
NORTHWEST GREENE TN-NORTHWEST COCKE TN-SOUTHEAST GREENE TN-  
237 PM EDT TUE OCT 21 2025  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN COCKE AND GREENE  
COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...  
 
AT 236 PM EDT, TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND RADAR REPORTED A STRONG  
THUNDERSTORM OVER BANEBERRY, OR NEAR NEWPORT, MOVING EAST AT 75 MPH.  
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING AN ABUNDANCE OF DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
GREENEVILLE, NEWPORT, TUSCULUM, PARROTTSVILLE, MOSHEIM, CANEY BRANCH,  
BYBEE, CHUCKY, CEDAR CREEK, AND CAMP CREEK.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.  
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE  
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3607 8258 3606 8263 3607 8264 3605 8267  
3599 8295 3600 8296 3599 8298 3596 8318  
3613 8324 3613 8318 3615 8318 3631 8264  
3615 8265  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1836Z 251DEG 63KT 3602 8329  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
JLB  
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