804  
WWUS84 KMRX 051857  
SPSMRX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN  
257 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2026  
 
TNZ014-015-VAZ001-051945-  
CLAIBORNE TN-HANCOCK TN-LEE VA-  
257 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2026  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN CLAIBORNE
 
 
NORTHWESTERN HANCOCK AND SOUTHWESTERN LEE COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM  
EDT...  
 
AT 257 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
HUTCH, OR 10 MILES EAST OF MIDDLESBORO, MOVING EAST AT 10 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...  
ROSE HILL, EWING, EVANSTON, AND POWELL RIVER PRESERVE.  
 
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 3645 8326 3653 8362 3664 8361 3664 8358  
3667 8352 3667 8342 3670 8334 3672 8329  
3672 8323  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 275DEG 10KT 3661 8353  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
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