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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
710 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
TNZ098-099-172345-
MARION TN-HAMILTON TN-
710 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN MARION AND
SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM EDT/645 PM CDT/...
AT 710 PM EDT/610 PM CDT/, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR KIMBALL, OR NEAR JASPER, MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHATTANOOGA, JASPER, SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, WALDEN, WHITWELL, FAIRMOUNT,
RED BANK, POWELLS CROSSROADS, MARTIN SPRINGS, AND LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN.
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT/900
PM CDT/ FOR EAST TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3508 8572 3522 8569 3519 8540 3518 8539
3517 8540 3515 8539 3519 8535 3518 8523
3498 8532 3498 8533
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 278DEG 27KT 3513 8571
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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