455  
WUUS54 KMRX 022253  
SVRMRX  
TNC011-107-139-022345-  
/O.NEW.KMRX.SV.W.0088.250502T2253Z-250502T2345Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN  
653 PM EDT FRI MAY 2 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHEASTERN BRADLEY COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
WESTERN POLK COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
SOUTH CENTRAL MCMINN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
 
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 652 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EAST  
CLEVELAND, OR NEAR CLEVELAND, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
WATERVILLE, SOUTH CLEVELAND, PARKSVILLE, RELIANCE, BENTON,  
ARCHVILLE, HIWASSEE OCOEE STATE PARK, CLEVELAND, GAP SPRINGS, AND  
TASSO.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 75 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 23 AND  
27.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
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 THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO  
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3519 8493 3537 8458 3512 8440 3499 8481  
3499 8489  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 240DEG 26KT 3513 8481  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
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