947  
WWUS84 KMRX 130327  
SPSMRX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN  
1127 PM EDT WED AUG 12 2026  
 
TNZ016-039>043-130415-  
COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN-HAMBLEN TN-NORTHWEST GREENE TN-  
NORTHWEST COCKE TN-SOUTHEAST GREENE TN-HAWKINS TN-  
1127 PM EDT WED AUG 12 2026  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN HAWKINS
 
 
NORTHEASTERN COCKE...CENTRAL GREENE AND EASTERN HAMBLEN COUNTIES  
THROUGH 1215 AM EDT...  
 
AT 1127 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
RUSSELLVILLE, OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MORRISTOWN, MOVING SOUTHEAST  
AT 30 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...  
MORRISTOWN, GREENEVILLE, RUSSELLVILLE, MOSHEIM, BULLS GAP, CANEY  
BRANCH, CEDAR CREEK, ST. CLAIR, LOWLAND, AND CAMP CREEK.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3606 8266 3602 8272 3593 8294 3621 8331  
3638 8307  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0327Z 309DEG 24KT 3627 8313  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
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