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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
218 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 2026
TNZ017-044>047-041900-
SULLIVAN TN-WASHINGTON TN-NORTHWEST CARTER TN-SOUTHEAST CARTER TN-
UNICOI TN-
218 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL SULLIVAN
EASTERN
WASHINGTON...NORTHEASTERN UNICOI AND SOUTHWESTERN CARTER COUNTIES
THROUGH 300 PM EDT...
AT 218 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
PINE CREST, OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ERWIN. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS
NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JOHNSON CITY, ELIZABETHTON, ERWIN, JONESBOROUGH, CENTRAL, MIDWAY,
PINE CREST, BANNER HILL, UNICOI, AND BLUFF CITY.
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.
PERSONS IN CAMPGROUNDS SHOULD CONSIDER SEEKING STURDY SHELTER UNTIL
THIS STORM PASSES.
LAT...LON 3620 8218 3612 8238 3630 8258 3645 8229
TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 152DEG 4KT 3623 8233
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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