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WWUS54 KMRX 082326
SVSMRX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
726 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
TNC007-121-143-082345-
/O.CON.KMRX.SV.W.0104.000000T0000Z-250508T2345Z/
RHEA TN-MEIGS TN-BLEDSOE TN-
726 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM
EDT/645 PM CDT/ FOR CENTRAL RHEA...NORTHEASTERN MEIGS AND
NORTHEASTERN BLEDSOE COUNTIES...
AT 725 PM EDT/625 PM CDT/, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SPRING CITY, OR 11 MILES NORTH OF DAYTON, MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT. AT APPROXIMATELY 6:07 PM CDT, UP TO GOLF
BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN NINE MILE.
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, PEAKLAND, STINGING FORK FALLS STATE PARK, GRANDVIEW,
PINEY FALLS STATE PARK, TEN MILE, MELVINE, AND DECATUR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3577 8515 3577 8510 3576 8507 3577 8504
3575 8503 3577 8494 3576 8475 3574 8470
3572 8470 3572 8468 3570 8467 3573 8464
3571 8463 3562 8464 3552 8472 3562 8517
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 271DEG 22KT 3566 8496
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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