439  
WWUS84 KMRX 081318  
SPSMRX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN  
918 AM EDT THU MAY 8 2025  
 
VAZ002-005-081400-  
SCOTT VA-WISE VA-  
918 AM EDT THU MAY 8 2025  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN SCOTT AND WISE  
COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF NORTON THROUGH 1000 AM EDT...  
 
AT 917 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
DEFEATED CREEK, OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHITESBURG, MOVING EAST AT  
30 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH 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...  
COEBURN, DUNGANNON, APPALACHIA, POUND, NORTON, PARDEE, WISE, ST.  
PAUL, AND BIG STONE GAP.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3713 8255 3703 8248 3698 8237 3696 8236  
3697 8233 3692 8230 3689 8234 3689 8237  
3688 8241 3683 8238 3681 8240 3691 8287  
3693 8286 3698 8287 3699 8284 3701 8283  
3701 8278 3705 8272 3712 8272 3720 8255  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1317Z 281DEG 27KT 3705 8301  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
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