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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
519 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 2026
TNZ067-082>084-172200-
RHEA TN-BLEDSOE TN-ROANE TN-MEIGS TN-
519 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN RHEA
NORTHEASTERN
BLEDSOE...NORTHEASTERN MEIGS AND SOUTHWESTERN ROANE COUNTIES THROUGH
600 PM EDT/500 PM CDT/...
AT 519 PM EDT/419 PM CDT/, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROCKWOOD, MOVING NORTHWEST
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...
ROCKWOOD, FAIRVIEW, SPRING CITY, MIDTOWN, HARRIMAN, PAINT ROCK, EAGLE
FURNACE, STINGING FORK FALLS STATE PARK, PINEY FALLS STATE PARK, AND
GRANDVIEW.
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 3576 8507 3577 8504 3575 8503 3577 8494
3576 8492 3578 8490 3578 8488 3583 8480
3583 8477 3586 8473 3590 8471 3593 8464
3577 8447 3562 8466 3577 8512
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 137DEG 6KT 3577 8473
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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