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WWUS84 KMRX 281915
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
315 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2026
TNZ071-072-086-087-282000-
BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN-NORTHWEST MONROE TN-SOUTHEAST MONROE TN-
NW BLOUNT TN-
315 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN BLOUNT AND
NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...
AT 315 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES EAST OF MADISONVILLE, 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...
SMOKY MOUNTAINS-TWENTYMILE CREEK, VONORE, FORT LOUDON STATE PARK,
CITICO BEACH, TARIFFVILLE, MCGEE CARSON PENINSULA, TALASSEE, HAPPY
VALLEY, AND DEALS GAP.
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 3546 8428 3560 8428 3562 8388 3550 8389
3547 8392 3547 8394 3546 8395 3546 8396
3542 8401
TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 270DEG 23KT 3552 8419
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
DGS
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