611  
WFUS54 KMRX 210109  
TORMRX  
TNC107-121-143-210200-  
/O.NEW.KMRX.TO.W.0024.250521T0109Z-250521T0200Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
TORNADO WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN  
909 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A  
 
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHERN RHEA COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
MEIGS COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
NORTHWESTERN MCMINN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
 
* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 909 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO  
WAS LOCATED OVER DAYTON, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...TORNADO.  
 
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...  
DAYTON AROUND 915 PM EDT.  
DECATUR AROUND 925 PM EDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE  
EVENSVILLE, PEAKLAND, CLEAR WATER, MURRAY STORE, OLD WASHINGTON, TEN  
MILE, GRAYSVILLE, NIOTA, AND SALE CREEK.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 75 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 53 AND  
57.  
 
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 3540 8503 3541 8502 3543 8506 3552 8511  
3574 8470 3572 8470 3572 8468 3553 8453  
3538 8503  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 243DEG 36KT 3545 8503  
 
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
 

 
 
SR  
 
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