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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
507 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
TNZ012-013-035-036-172200-
ANDERSON TN-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL TN-MORGAN TN-
507 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL MORGAN
NORTHWESTERN
ANDERSON...SOUTHWESTERN CAMPBELL AND SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTIES
THROUGH 600 PM EDT...
AT 507 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTH OF OLIVER SPRINGS TO NEAR
WARTBURG TO 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF FAIRFIELD GLADE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST
AT 35 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...
WARTBURG, OLIVER SPRINGS, ROCKY TOP, OAKDALE, COALFIELD, ROSEDALE,
FROZEN HEAD STATE PARK, AND PETROS.
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 3613 8484 3622 8459 3631 8444 3621 8414
3606 8430 3598 8453
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 292DEG 31KT 3621 8439 3611 8449 3608 8470
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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