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WWUS84 KMRX 271921
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
321 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2026
TNZ014>016-037>039-042-272000-
CLAIBORNE TN-HAMBLEN TN-NORTHWEST GREENE TN-HANCOCK TN-UNION TN-
GRAINGER TN-HAWKINS TN-
321 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CLAIBORNE...HAWKINS...HANCOCK
NORTHWESTERN GREENE...GRAINGER...UNION AND HAMBLEN COUNTIES THROUGH
400 PM EDT...
AT 320 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR NEW TAZEWELL, OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUTLEDGE,
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MORRISTOWN, ROGERSVILLE, MAYNARDVILLE, SNEEDVILLE, RUTLEDGE, NEW
TAZEWELL, BEAN STATION, TAZEWELL, SURGOINSVILLE, AND RUSSELLVILLE.
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.
IF ON OR NEAR A 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 3615 8292 3617 8311 3617 8317 3618 8317
3618 8318 3617 8319 3621 8391 3658 8389
3660 8310 3659 8281
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 274DEG 30KT 3638 8366
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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