864  
WUUS54 KMRX 160747  
SVRMRX  
TNC009-057-063-089-093-155-160845-  
/O.NEW.KMRX.SV.W.0011.260316T0747Z-260316T0845Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN  
347 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
EASTERN KNOX COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
BLOUNT COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
GRAINGER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
WESTERN SEVIER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
WESTERN HAMBLEN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
 
* UNTIL 445 AM EDT.  
 
* AT 346 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM NEAR MAYNARDVILLE TO LOUISVILLE, MOVING EAST AT 40  
MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
KNOXVILLE, MORRISTOWN, MARYVILLE, SEVIERVILLE, ALCOA, JEFFERSON  
CITY, DANDRIDGE, RUTLEDGE, PIGEON FORGE, AND BEAN STATION.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 40 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 394 AND 422.  
INTERSTATE 81 IN TENNESSEE NEAR MILE MARKER 1.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3561 8418 3563 8415 3567 8414 3634 8359  
3633 8326 3632 8328 3629 8325 3567 8359  
3557 8369 3556 8377 3554 8381  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0746Z 268DEG 39KT 3628 8381 3584 8405  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
CJM  
 
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