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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
832 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL RHEA COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
NORTHEASTERN BLEDSOE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 915 PM EDT/815 PM CDT/.
* AT 831 PM EDT/731 PM CDT/, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF SPENCER, MOVING
EAST AT 30 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTH CENTRAL RHEA AND NORTHEASTERN BLEDSOE COUNTIES, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... MELVINE, STINGING FORK FALLS STATE PARK, AND
PINEY FALLS STATE PARK.
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 3572 8526 3575 8527 3575 8526 3576 8527
3577 8525 3577 8510 3576 8507 3577 8504
3575 8503 3577 8494 3576 8492 3578 8490
3580 8484 3567 8484 3570 8528
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 267DEG 26KT 3576 8530
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
DH
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