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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
402 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 2026
TNZ083>085-172045-
RHEA TN-MEIGS TN-MCMINN TN-
402 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN RHEA
CENTRAL
MEIGS AND NORTHWESTERN MCMINN COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT...
AT 402 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
DECATUR, MOVING NORTH AT 5 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...
ATHENS, DECATUR, RICEVILLE, EVENSVILLE, PEAKLAND, HILLSVIEW, AND OLD
WASHINGTON.
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.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO CLOSELY MONITOR FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3535 8485 3535 8486 3557 8500 3565 8468
3537 8463 3534 8484
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 162DEG 6KT 3545 8478
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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