828  
WFUS54 KMRX 210046  
TORMRX  
TNC129-143-145-210145-  
/O.NEW.KMRX.TO.W.0022.250521T0046Z-250521T0145Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
TORNADO WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN  
846 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A  
 
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
NORTHEASTERN RHEA COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
ROANE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
 
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 845 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A  
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CROSSVILLE, MOVING EAST  
AT 35 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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...  
ROCKWOOD AROUND 900 PM EDT.  
MIDTOWN AROUND 910 PM EDT.  
KINGSTON AROUND 915 PM EDT.  
OAK RIDGE AROUND 925 PM EDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE  
COALFIELD, OAKDALE, HARRIMAN, EAGLE FURNACE, PINE ORCHARD, AND  
DEARMOND.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 341 AND  
359.  
 
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 3578 8490 3578 8488 3583 8480 3583 8477  
3586 8473 3589 8471 3591 8468 3601 8474  
3607 8444 3581 8438 3579 8438 3577 8439  
3578 8442 3577 8442 3576 8492  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 259DEG 33KT 3583 8493  
 
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN  
 
 
 
DH  
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