730  
WUUS54 KMRX 202030  
SVRMRX  
TNC029-057-059-063-073-089-202115-  
/O.NEW.KMRX.SV.W.0143.250520T2030Z-250520T2115Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN  
430 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHERN HAWKINS COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
NORTHWESTERN COCKE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
GREENE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
EAST CENTRAL GRAINGER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
HAMBLEN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
 
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 429 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MORRISTOWN,  
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
CANEY BRANCH, TUSCULUM, PANTHER CREEK STATE PARK, BAILEYTON, BULLS  
GAP, RUSSELLVILLE, ROMEO, WHITE PINE, ALPHA, AND MORRISTOWN.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 40 IN TENNESSEE NEAR MILE MARKER 421.  
INTERSTATE 81 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 42.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR EAST  
TENNESSEE.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3607 8346 3625 8344 3640 8273 3601 8275  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 262DEG 35KT 3617 8332  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
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