400  
WWUS84 KMRX 181733  
SPSMRX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN  
1233 PM EST WED DEC 18 2024  
 
TNZ081>083-099-181815-  
SEQUATCHIE TN-RHEA TN-BLEDSOE TN-HAMILTON TN-  
1233 PM EST WED DEC 18 2024  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN RHEA  
CENTRAL  
SEQUATCHIE...SOUTHWESTERN BLEDSOE AND NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTIES  
THROUGH 115 PM EST/1215 PM CST/...  
 
AT 1233 PM EST/1133 AM CST/, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG  
THUNDERSTORM OVER DUNLAP, MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 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...  
DAYTON, DUNLAP, SODDY-DAISY, GRAYSVILLE, SALE CREEK, FLAT TOP  
MOUNTAIN, PALIO, BRAYTON, BIRCHWOOD, AND CAGLE.  
 
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 3529 8548 3550 8547 3551 8494 3544 8494  
3547 8498 3546 8499 3544 8498 3540 8502  
3538 8503 3537 8502 3538 8500 3536 8497  
3531 8497 3529 8495 3527 8496  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1733Z 268DEG 24KT 3539 8540  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH  
 
 
 
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