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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
440 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
BLOUNT COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
CENTRAL GRAINGER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
WESTERN SEVIER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
WESTERN HAMBLEN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 515 AM EDT.
* AT 439 AM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARYVILLE,
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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, PIGEON FORGE, BEAN STATION, AND NEW MARKET.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 40 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 398 AND 421.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EDT FOR EAST
TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3558 8411 3559 8411 3558 8413 3592 8389
3630 8337 3629 8323 3556 8372 3556 8377
3553 8382
TIME...MOT...LOC 0839Z 245DEG 49KT 3569 8396
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
CJM
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