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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
615 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
TNZ067-068-083-084-082300-
RHEA TN-ROANE TN-LOUDON TN-MEIGS TN-
615 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN RHEA
SOUTHWESTERN
LOUDON...NORTHEASTERN MEIGS AND SOUTHWESTERN ROANE COUNTIES THROUGH
700 PM EDT...
AT 615 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAIRVIEW, OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF
SWEETWATER, MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND NICKEL 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...
FAIRVIEW, PAINT ROCK, SPRING CITY, PEAKLAND, EAGLE FURNACE,
GRANDVIEW, PINEY FALLS STATE PARK, TEN MILE, PHILADELPHIA, AND
LOUDON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN MORRISTOWN.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR
EAST TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3573 8489 3586 8444 3564 8439 3567 8443
3565 8449 3567 8450 3564 8452 3563 8450
3562 8452 3561 8452 3561 8454 3563 8452
3564 8454 3563 8457 3565 8459 3564 8462
3560 8466 3559 8486
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 257DEG 17KT 3569 8464
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
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