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WWUS84 KMRX 081939
SPSMRX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
339 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 2026
TNZ040-041-070-073-074-082030-
COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN-JEFFERSON TN-NORTHWEST COCKE TN-
SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN-NORTH SEVIER TN-
339 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON
COCKE
AND EAST CENTRAL SEVIER COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...
AT 339 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
NEWPORT, MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 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...
NEWPORT, PARROTTSVILLE, PITTMAN CENTER, DEL RIO, COSBY, AND HARTFORD.
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.
LAT...LON 3575 8334 3596 8333 3603 8299 3594 8290
3593 8291 3593 8292 3592 8291 3589 8290
3588 8291 3588 8290 3587 8292 3585 8292
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 347DEG 7KT 3591 8314
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
SR
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