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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
459 PM EDT SAT MAR 21 2026
TNZ014-037-038-212145-
CLAIBORNE TN-UNION TN-GRAINGER TN-
459 PM EDT SAT MAR 21 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN CLAIBORNE
NORTHWESTERN GRAINGER AND EAST CENTRAL UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM
EDT...
AT 458 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
NEW TAZEWELL, OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUTLEDGE, MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RUTLEDGE, NEW TAZEWELL, SPRINGDALE, LONE MOUNTAIN, THORN HILL, AND
SANDLICK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
IF ON OR NEAR NORRIS LAKE, GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR
INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER, LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 10 MILES
FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW! DO NOT
BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3639 8335 3623 8344 3622 8344 3622 8345
3619 8345 3632 8376 3645 8369
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 290DEG 24KT 3637 8363
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
SR
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