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WWUS54 KMRX 082057
SVSMRX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
457 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
TNC007-121-143-145-082130-
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RHEA TN-MEIGS TN-BLEDSOE TN-ROANE TN-
457 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM
EDT/430 PM CDT/ FOR NORTHEASTERN RHEA...NORTHEASTERN MEIGS...
NORTHEASTERN BLEDSOE AND SOUTHWESTERN ROANE COUNTIES...
AT 456 PM EDT/356 PM CDT/, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SPRING CITY, OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF DECATUR, MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPRING CITY, STINGING FORK FALLS STATE PARK, EAGLE FURNACE,
GRANDVIEW, PINEY FALLS STATE PARK, TEN MILE, MELVINE, AND ROCKWOOD.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 341 AND
343.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3577 8510 3576 8507 3577 8504 3575 8503
3577 8494 3576 8492 3583 8480 3583 8477
3586 8473 3590 8471 3591 8466 3567 8461
3561 8508 3577 8511
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 261DEG 21KT 3573 8491
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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