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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
543 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 2026
NCZ060-TNZ102-042230-
CHEROKEE NC-EAST POLK TN-
543 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WESTERN CHEROKEE AND EAST CENTRAL
POLK COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT...
AT 542 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS 7 MILES WEST OF MURPHY, MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MURPHY, VIOLET, HOT HOUSE, TURTLETOWN, HIAWASSE DAM, CULBERSON,
UNAKA, AND WILLIAM L. DAVENPORT REFUGE.
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.
LAT...LON 3499 8414 3499 8422 3507 8443 3521 8430
3521 8429 3523 8429 3527 8423 3526 8421
3524 8419 3524 8418 3510 8402 3498 8413
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 126DEG 11KT 3508 8416
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
DGS
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