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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
320 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BRADLEY COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
NORTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
MCMINN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 415 AM EDT.
* AT 319 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR SWEETWATER TO NEAR FORT OGLETHORPE, MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHATTANOOGA, CLEVELAND, ATHENS, SWEETWATER, MADISONVILLE, BENTON,
ETOWAH, CHARLESTON, SOUTH CLEVELAND, AND EAST CLEVELAND.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 75 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 3 AND
65.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING WIDESPREAD
WIND DAMAGE. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EDT FOR EAST
TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3499 8520 3500 8520 3563 8457 3564 8454
3562 8451 3565 8452 3567 8450 3565 8449
3567 8441 3564 8440 3565 8436 3567 8435
3567 8432 3564 8428 3564 8425 3562 8425
3562 8419 3559 8418 3499 8478
TIME...MOT...LOC 0719Z 277DEG 25KT 3566 8450 3497 8520
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
DGS
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