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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
519 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2026
TNZ040-041-070-073-282215-
COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN-JEFFERSON TN-NORTHWEST COCKE TN-
NORTH SEVIER TN-
519 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT JEFFERSON
SOUTHERN COCKE AND
NORTHEASTERN SEVIER COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EDT...
AT 519 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
DANDRIDGE, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 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...
JEFFERSON CITY, NEWPORT, DANDRIDGE, NEW MARKET, BANEBERRY,
PARROTTSVILLE, DEL RIO, BIRD CROSSING, FAIRGARDEN, AND BYBEE.
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 3577 8328 3578 8328 3578 8329 3581 8328
3580 8332 3600 8361 3615 8349 3598 8296
3577 8313 3577 8316 3573 8319 3573 8322
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 299DEG 25KT 3601 8343
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
SR
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