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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
300 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
NORTHEASTERN ROANE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT.
* AT 259 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR OLIVER SPRINGS, OR NEAR OAK RIDGE, MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
OLIVER SPRINGS AND OAK RIDGE AROUND 305 PM EDT.
CLINTON AROUND 320 PM EDT.
KNOXVILLE AROUND 330 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
COALFIELD, ANDERSONVILLE, POWELL, HALLS, KARNS, DEARMOND, NORRIS, AND
PETROS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 40 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 385 AND 391.
INTERSTATE 75 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 108 AND 124.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A
MOBILE HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
LAT...LON 3592 8447 3607 8452 3622 8399 3596 8386
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 256DEG 31KT 3599 8440
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
DH
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