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WWUS84 KMRX 172041
SPSMRX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
441 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 2026
TNZ067-068-084>086-172130-
NORTHWEST MONROE TN-ROANE TN-LOUDON TN-MEIGS TN-MCMINN TN-
441 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN LOUDON
NORTHEASTERN MEIGS...NORTHEASTERN MCMINN...NORTHWESTERN MONROE AND
SOUTHERN ROANE COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT...
AT 440 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR SWEETWATER, MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 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...
LENOIR CITY, KINGSTON, SWEETWATER, LOUDON, FAIRVIEW, PHILADELPHIA,
PAINT ROCK, BRADBURY, TELLICO VILLAGE, AND TEN MILE.
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.
IF ON OR NEAR LOCAL LAKES, 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 3568 8421 3550 8450 3571 8472 3590 8439
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 136DEG 7KT 3569 8447
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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