233  
WWUS84 KMRX 202002  
SPSMRX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN  
302 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2025  
 
TNZ081-098-202045-  
SEQUATCHIE TN-MARION TN-  
302 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2025  
 
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN SEQUATCHIE AND  
CENTRAL MARION COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM CDT...  
 
AT 301 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG  
THUNDERSTORMS OVER GRUETLI-LAAGER, OR 15 MILES WEST OF DUNLAP, MOVING  
SOUTH AT 15 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
WHITWELL, MONTEAGLE, POWELLS CROSSROADS, MARTIN SPRINGS, CARTWRIGHT,  
FIERY GIZZARD STATE PARK, FOSTER FALLS STATE PARK, GRIFFITH CREEK,  
CHIMNEYS STATE PARK, AND LONE OAK.  
 
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.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3524 8582 3522 8577 3522 8573 3524 8569  
3529 8571 3532 8556 3534 8554 3536 8551  
3540 8549 3540 8548 3522 8532 3503 8586  
3522 8587  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 349DEG 13KT 3534 8566  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH  
 
 
 
DGS  
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