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WWUS84 KMRX 090126
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
926 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
TNZ040>044-090215-
COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN-WASHINGTON TN-NORTHWEST GREENE TN-
NORTHWEST COCKE TN-SOUTHEAST GREENE TN-
926 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON
CENTRAL
COCKE AND GREENE COUNTIES THROUGH 1015 PM EDT...
AT 926 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF PARROTTSVILLE, OR 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF GREENEVILLE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 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...
CANEY BRANCH, NEWPORT, BYBEE, TUSCULUM, CHUCKY, CEDAR CREEK, CAMP
CREEK, DAVY CROCKETT BIRTHPLACE, MOSHEIM, AND GREENEVILLE.
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR
EAST TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3610 8259 3608 8258 3606 8259 3605 8262
3607 8263 3605 8267 3600 8278 3598 8279
3592 8306 3596 8328 3600 8327 3600 8326
3604 8326 3605 8324 3607 8324 3632 8273
3612 8256
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 238DEG 19KT 3609 8296
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
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