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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
417 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN HAWKINS COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
EAST CENTRAL BLOUNT COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
COCKE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
SEVIER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
HAMBLEN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 515 AM EDT.
* AT 417 AM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MORRISTOWN,
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MORRISTOWN, GREENEVILLE, SEVIERVILLE, NEWPORT, GATLINBURG,
DANDRIDGE, PIGEON FORGE, WHITE PINE, BANEBERRY, AND PARROTTSVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 40 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 417 AND 451.
INTERSTATE 81 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 32.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3627 8331 3628 8330 3626 8328 3628 8326
3632 8327 3628 8270 3578 8309 3577 8316
3573 8320 3573 8324 3566 8330 3566 8335
3562 8340 3561 8344 3557 8349 3556 8359
3558 8361 3557 8363 3556 8375
TIME...MOT...LOC 0817Z 278DEG 57KT 3616 8325
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
CJM
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