942
WWUS54 KMRX 160759
SVSMRX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
259 AM EST SUN FEB 16 2025
TNC007-065-143-153-160815-
/O.CON.KMRX.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-250216T0815Z/
RHEA TN-SEQUATCHIE TN-BLEDSOE TN-HAMILTON TN-
259 AM EST SUN FEB 16 2025
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM
EST/215 AM CST/ FOR CENTRAL RHEA...NORTHEASTERN SEQUATCHIE...BLEDSOE
AND NORTH CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTIES...
AT 259 AM EST/159 AM CST/, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR CROSSVILLE TO 12 MILES WEST OF SPRING CITY
TO NEAR PIKEVILLE, MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DUNLAP, PIKEVILLE, SPRING CITY, PALIO, STINGING FORK FALLS STATE
PARK, BRAYTON, PINEY FALLS STATE PARK, GRANDVIEW, MELVINE, AND MOUNT
CREST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EST/800 AM CST/ FOR
EAST TENNESSEE.
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3540 8541 3559 8533 3565 8534 3572 8526
3576 8526 3577 8504 3575 8503 3577 8494
3576 8492 3582 8481 3576 8479 3534 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 0759Z 252DEG 51KT 3593 8511 3573 8509 3562 8512
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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