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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1112 PM EDT SAT JUL 4 2026
TNZ017-042>047-050415-
SULLIVAN TN-WASHINGTON TN-NORTHWEST GREENE TN-NORTHWEST CARTER TN-
SOUTHEAST CARTER TN-SOUTHEAST GREENE TN-UNICOI TN-
1112 PM EDT SAT JUL 4 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL SULLIVAN
WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL GREENE...UNICOI AND SOUTHWESTERN CARTER
COUNTIES THROUGH 1215 AM EDT...
AT 1110 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR JONESBOROUGH, OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF ERWIN,
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 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...
JOHNSON CITY, ELIZABETHTON, ERWIN, JONESBOROUGH, TUSCULUM, BANNER
HILL, CENTRAL, MIDWAY, PINE CREST, AND HAMPTON.
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.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3612 8203 3612 8205 3610 8208 3611 8213
3615 8215 3614 8218 3616 8222 3613 8225
3613 8228 3614 8229 3612 8233 3612 8235
3609 8240 3606 8243 3610 8278 3640 8255
3644 8226 3614 8202
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 240DEG 14KT 3625 8251
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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