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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
254 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2026
TNZ041-071-073-074-281945-
COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN-NORTH SEVIER TN-
NW BLOUNT TN-
254 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL BLOUNT
SOUTHWESTERN COCKE AND CENTRAL SEVIER COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT...
AT 254 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
PIGEON FORGE, OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SEVIERVILLE, MOVING EAST AT 25
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...
SEVIERVILLE, GATLINBURG, PIGEON FORGE, SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NEWFOUND GAP,
SMOKY MOUNTAINS-BALSAM MOUNTAIN, PITTMAN CENTER, WEARS VALLEY, COSBY,
ROUNDTOP MOUNTAIN STATE PARK, AND GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL
PARK.
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 3572 8378 3588 8372 3582 8323 3573 8323
3572 8326 3571 8325 3569 8326 3567 8329
3566 8330 3566 8334 3564 8337 3561 8342
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 284DEG 24KT 3578 8364
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
SR
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