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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
922 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 2026
TNZ013-014-036>041-069-070-073-120215-
COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN-ANDERSON TN-JEFFERSON TN-CLAIBORNE TN-
HAMBLEN TN-NORTHWEST COCKE TN-UNION TN-CAMPBELL TN-GRAINGER TN-
KNOX TN-NORTH SEVIER TN-
922 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN CLAIBORNE
NORTHEASTERN KNOX...NORTHEASTERN ANDERSON...JEFFERSON...EASTERN
CAMPBELL...WESTERN COCKE...GRAINGER...UNION...NORTHERN SEVIER AND
HAMBLEN COUNTIES THROUGH 1015 PM EDT...
AT 922 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA FOLLETTE TO NEAR
RUTLEDGE TO NEAR PARROTTSVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 20 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...
KNOXVILLE, MORRISTOWN, SEVIERVILLE, JEFFERSON CITY, NEWPORT,
DANDRIDGE, MAYNARDVILLE, RUTLEDGE, NEW TAZEWELL, AND BEAN STATION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING. 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 3637 8347 3625 8312 3622 8311 3616 8317
3611 8312 3611 8309 3579 8303 3589 8360
3621 8410 3659 8400
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 005DEG 16KT 3646 8400 3623 8356 3608 8304
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
DH
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