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WWUS84 KMRX 181816
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
216 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2026
VAZ001-002-005-181900-
SCOTT VA-WISE VA-LEE VA-
216 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EASTERN LEE
NORTHWESTERN SCOTT
AND WISE COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF NORTON THROUGH 300 PM EDT...
AT 216 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER MARTINS FORK LAKE, OR NEAR HARLAN, MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTON, WISE, JONESVILLE, BIG STONE GAP, PENNINGTON GAP, APPALACHIA,
ST. CHARLES, DUFFIELD, DRYDEN, AND PARDEE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3709 8254 3678 8247 3665 8320 3673 8322
3675 8313 3678 8313 3680 8310 3683 8310
3685 8307 3685 8301 3689 8288 3693 8286
3697 8287 3699 8283 3701 8283 3701 8278
3703 8276
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 260DEG 27KT 3675 8329
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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