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WWUS84 KMRX 141844
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
244 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2026
TNZ085-086-101-102-141930-
WEST POLK TN-NORTHWEST MONROE TN-EAST POLK TN-MCMINN TN-
244 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN POLK
SOUTHEASTERN
MCMINN AND SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT...
AT 244 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR ETOWAH, OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF ATHENS, MOVING EAST AT
15 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...
ATHENS, BENTON, ETOWAH, ENGLEWOOD, MOUNT VERNON, RELIANCE, BULLET
CREEK, ARCHVILLE, HIWASSEE OCOEE STATE PARK, AND DENTVILLE.
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 3517 8469 3542 8464 3547 8434 3510 8441
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 278DEG 13KT 3533 8459
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
DGS
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