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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
241 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2026
TNZ039>043-070-281930-
COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN-JEFFERSON TN-HAMBLEN TN-NORTHWEST GREENE TN-
NORTHWEST COCKE TN-SOUTHEAST GREENE TN-
241 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON
COCKE...SOUTHWESTERN GREENE AND SOUTHERN HAMBLEN COUNTIES THROUGH 330
PM EDT...
AT 241 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
BANEBERRY, OR NEAR NEWPORT, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 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...
NEWPORT, WHITE PINE, BANEBERRY, PARROTTSVILLE, CANEY BRANCH, BYBEE,
DEL RIO, CEDAR CREEK, ROUND MOUNTAIN, AND MAX PATCH.
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR
EAST TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3600 8336 3614 8327 3601 8283 3595 8286
3595 8290 3593 8290 3593 8292 3588 8290
3587 8292 3585 8292 3583 8293 3582 8295
3579 8296 3577 8299
TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 294DEG 19KT 3603 8322
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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