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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
509 PM EDT THU AUG 13 2026
TNZ039>042-070-073-132200-
COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN-JEFFERSON TN-HAMBLEN TN-NORTHWEST GREENE TN-
NORTHWEST COCKE TN-NORTH SEVIER TN-
509 PM EDT THU AUG 13 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EASTERN JEFFERSON...COCKE
SOUTHWESTERN GREENE...NORTHEASTERN SEVIER AND SOUTHWESTERN HAMBLEN
COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT...
AT 509 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
DANDRIDGE, MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MORRISTOWN, NEWPORT, DANDRIDGE, WHITE PINE, BANEBERRY, PARROTTSVILLE,
CANEY BRANCH, BIRD CROSSING, FAIRGARDEN, AND BYBEE.
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 3593 8353 3619 8339 3609 8296 3578 8309
3577 8310 3577 8313 3576 8316
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 283DEG 22KT 3601 8336
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
KRS
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