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WWUS84 KMRX 212136
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
536 PM EDT SAT MAR 21 2026
TNZ038>040-042-070-212230-
JEFFERSON TN-HAMBLEN TN-NORTHWEST GREENE TN-NORTHWEST COCKE TN-
GRAINGER TN-
536 PM EDT SAT MAR 21 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON
NORTHWESTERN COCKE...WEST CENTRAL GREENE...CENTRAL GRAINGER AND
HAMBLEN COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT...
AT 536 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
RUTLEDGE, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND NICKEL 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...
MORRISTOWN, JEFFERSON CITY, NEWPORT, RUTLEDGE, WHITE PINE, BANEBERRY,
PARROTTSVILLE, BYBEE, PANTHER CREEK STATE PARK, AND ALPHA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO CLOSELY MONITOR FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
IF ON OR NEAR DOUGLAS 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 3622 8357 3632 8347 3611 8297 3590 8316
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 307DEG 25KT 3629 8356
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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