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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
501 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
TNZ067-068-071-084>086-172145-
NORTHWEST MONROE TN-ROANE TN-LOUDON TN-NW BLOUNT TN-MEIGS TN-
MCMINN TN-
501 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LOUDON...NORTHEASTERN MEIGS
NORTHEASTERN MCMINN...WEST CENTRAL BLOUNT...NORTHWESTERN MONROE AND
SOUTHEASTERN ROANE COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EDT...
AT 501 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM OAK RIDGE TO NEAR LENOIR CITY TO 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SWEETWATER. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 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...
OAK RIDGE, LENOIR CITY, KINGSTON, SWEETWATER, LOUDON, MADISONVILLE,
VONORE, FRIENDSVILLE, PHILADELPHIA, AND PAINT ROCK.
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
EAST TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3566 8476 3584 8448 3595 8440 3587 8424
3581 8417 3579 8416 3580 8414 3583 8414
3582 8412 3573 8412 3550 8439
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 294DEG 19KT 3598 8431 3583 8436 3566 8457
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
SR
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