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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
237 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
NORTHERN ROANE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 330 PM EDT.
* AT 236 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MIDTOWN, OR 8
MILES NORTHEAST OF ROCKWOOD, MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORRIS DAM STATE PARK, NORRIS, COALFIELD, ANDERSONVILLE, PINE
ORCHARD, OAKDALE, CLINTON, OLIVER SPRINGS, DEARMOND, AND ROCKY TOP.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 40 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 341 AND 349.
INTERSTATE 75 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 109 AND 127.
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.
LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WIND, AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
ARE OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR EAST
TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3587 8471 3589 8471 3590 8468 3598 8471
3603 8476 3619 8426 3618 8424 3620 8423
3624 8413 3622 8410 3623 8407 3625 8408
3626 8405 3601 8394
TIME...MOT...LOC 1836Z 251DEG 35KT 3598 8460
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
DH
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