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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
223 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2025
TNZ082-083-201915-
RHEA TN-BLEDSOE TN-
223 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN RHEA AND NORTHEASTERN
BLEDSOE COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT/215 PM CDT/...
AT 222 PM EDT/122 PM CDT/, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SPRING CITY TO
9 MILES NORTH OF PIKEVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PIKEVILLE, SPRING CITY, STINGING FORK FALLS STATE PARK, PINEY FALLS
STATE PARK, GRANDVIEW, MELVINE, AND MOUNT CREST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3572 8526 3576 8526 3577 8510 3576 8507
3577 8504 3575 8503 3577 8494 3576 8492
3578 8490 3581 8483 3565 8478 3563 8479
3556 8526 3571 8527
TIME...MOT...LOC 1822Z 344DEG 7KT 3575 8490 3573 8518
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
DGS
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