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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
600 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
TNZ068-071-072-086-087-172245-
BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN-NORTHWEST MONROE TN-LOUDON TN-
SOUTHEAST MONROE TN-NW BLOUNT TN-
600 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN LOUDON
SOUTHWESTERN BLOUNT AND CENTRAL MONROE COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT...
AT 600 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
MADISONVILLE, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 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...
VONORE, GREENBACK, FORT LOUDON STATE PARK, CITICO BEACH, TARIFFVILLE,
MCGEE CARSON PENINSULA, TALASSEE, AND DEALS GAP.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
EAST TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3549 8435 3568 8422 3552 8385 3552 8388
3547 8392 3547 8394 3546 8395 3546 8396
3543 8400 3541 8401 3541 8402 3539 8401
3538 8401
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 292DEG 28KT 3552 8426
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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