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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1202 AM EDT SUN JUL 12 2026
TNZ039-040-042-070-120445-
JEFFERSON TN-HAMBLEN TN-NORTHWEST GREENE TN-NORTHWEST COCKE TN-
1202 AM EDT SUN JUL 12 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON
NORTHWESTERN COCKE...WEST CENTRAL GREENE AND SOUTHERN HAMBLEN
COUNTIES THROUGH 1245 AM EDT...
AT 1201 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
WHITE PINE, OR NEAR DANDRIDGE, MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 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...
MORRISTOWN, DANDRIDGE, WHITE PINE, BANEBERRY, PARROTTSVILLE, BYBEE,
LOWLAND, AND MOHAWK.
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 3602 8340 3615 8340 3621 8303 3596 8302
TIME...MOT...LOC 0401Z 271DEG 16KT 3609 8337
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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