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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
202 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2025
TNZ035-067-083-201845-
RHEA TN-ROANE TN-MORGAN TN-
202 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2025
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL MORGAN
NORTHEASTERN RHEA AND WEST CENTRAL ROANE COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM
EDT...
AT 202 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
ROCKWOOD. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROCKWOOD, MIDTOWN, HARRIMAN, EAGLE FURNACE, AND PINE ORCHARD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3581 8483 3583 8480 3582 8478 3586 8473
3589 8471 3590 8468 3599 8472 3601 8461
3583 8453 3574 8471 3574 8472 3570 8479
TIME...MOT...LOC 1802Z 317DEG 2KT 3589 8471
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
JLB
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