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WWUS84 KMRX 202031
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
431 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2025
TNZ038-039-069-070-073-202115-
JEFFERSON TN-HAMBLEN TN-GRAINGER TN-KNOX TN-NORTH SEVIER TN-
431 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2025
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN KNOX...JEFFERSON
SOUTHWESTERN GRAINGER...NORTHWESTERN SEVIER AND SOUTHWESTERN HAMBLEN
COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...
AT 431 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR JEFFERSON CITY TO NEW MARKET TO 9 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF PLAINVIEW TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF KNOXVILLE. MOVEMENT
WAS SOUTHEAST 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...
KNOXVILLE, MORRISTOWN, SEVIERVILLE, JEFFERSON CITY, DANDRIDGE, WHITE
PINE, NEW MARKET, STRAWBERRY PLAINS, BLAINE, AND BUFFALO SPRINGS.
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.
LAT...LON 3611 8325 3604 8333 3598 8346 3587 8372
3605 8388 3610 8380 3617 8363 3623 8356
3624 8348 3617 8336
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 306DEG 9KT 3619 8347 3613 8357 3607 8369 3603
8379
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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