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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
240 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MORGAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
NORTHEASTERN RHEA COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
CENTRAL LOUDON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
NORTHWESTERN CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
NORTHWESTERN KNOX COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
CAMPBELL COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
ROANE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
WESTERN UNION COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 345 AM EDT.
* AT 238 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ZION HILL TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST
OF SPRING CITY, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OAK RIDGE, CLINTON, LENOIR CITY, LA FOLLETTE, KINGSTON, ROCKWOOD,
LOUDON, WARTBURG, FARRAGUT, AND FAIRVIEW.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 40 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 341 AND 371.
INTERSTATE 75 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 70 AND 84, AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 114 AND 161.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EDT FOR EAST
TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3658 8378 3613 8393 3566 8447 3567 8450
3565 8452 3562 8451 3569 8463 3571 8462
3573 8464 3571 8466 3581 8483 3583 8477
3591 8468 3599 8472 3609 8480 3660 8441
TIME...MOT...LOC 0638Z 295DEG 25KT 3654 8434 3578 8491
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
CJM
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