441  
WWUS84 KMRX 162247  
SPSMRX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN  
647 PM EDT THU APR 16 2026  
 
TNZ014-036>038-069-070-162330-  
ANDERSON TN-JEFFERSON TN-CLAIBORNE TN-UNION TN-GRAINGER TN-KNOX TN-  
647 PM EDT THU APR 16 2026  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL CLAIBORNE  
 
NORTHEASTERN KNOX...EAST CENTRAL ANDERSON...NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON...  
WESTERN GRAINGER AND SOUTHERN UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT...  
 
AT 647 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
PLAINVIEW, OR NEAR MAYNARDVILLE, MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA 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...  
JEFFERSON CITY, MAYNARDVILLE, RUTLEDGE, PLAINVIEW, NEW MARKET, HALLS,  
BLAINE, LUTTRELL, LONE MOUNTAIN, AND ANDERSONVILLE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3605 8398 3620 8405 3640 8358 3614 8347  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 251DEG 36KT 3617 8389  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
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