688  
WUUS54 KMRX 170525  
SVRMRX  
VAC195-170630-  
/O.NEW.KMRX.SV.W.0130.250517T0525Z-250517T0630Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN  
125 AM EDT SAT MAY 17 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
NORTH CENTRAL WISE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...  
 
* UNTIL 230 AM EDT.  
 
* AT 125 AM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHDOWN, OR  
NEAR WHITESBURG, MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE  
TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
POUND.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY  
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE  
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN  
VIRGINIA.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3713 8255 3706 8250 3708 8272 3712 8272  
3714 8268 3713 8268 3714 8267 3715 8265  
3715 8264 3720 8255  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0525Z 267DEG 38KT 3718 8281  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
JLB  
 
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