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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
302 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2025
TNZ035-067-201945-
ROANE TN-MORGAN TN-
302 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN AND
NORTHEASTERN ROANE COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT...
AT 302 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
KINGSTON, MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
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...
OAK RIDGE, KINGSTON, ROCKWOOD, MIDTOWN, HARRIMAN, OAKDALE, COALFIELD,
BRADBURY, AND DEARMOND.
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 3606 8454 3600 8434 3581 8441 3591 8467
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 021DEG 5KT 3597 8448
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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