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WWUS84 KMRX 120043
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
843 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 2026
TNZ040>043-045-120145-
COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN-NORTHWEST GREENE TN-NORTHWEST COCKE TN-
SOUTHEAST GREENE TN-UNICOI TN-
843 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL COCKE
GREENE AND
UNICOI COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM EDT...
AT 843 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROGERSVILLE TO 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF JONESBOROUGH TO HAMPTON. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREENEVILLE, ERWIN, TUSCULUM, BANNER HILL, UNICOI, MOSHEIM,
BAILEYTON, CANEY BRANCH, CHUCKY, AND CEDAR CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT FOR
EAST TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3600 8247 3595 8256 3597 8261 3603 8259
3607 8264 3600 8278 3593 8281 3595 8288
3593 8291 3598 8301 3624 8308 3636 8286
3640 8273 3639 8263 3614 8264 3610 8259
3615 8252 3616 8243 3623 8236 3611 8236
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 345DEG 34KT 3630 8306 3623 8259 3628 8215
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
DH
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