771  
WWUS84 KMRX 210307  
SPSMRX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN  
1007 PM CDT THU AUG 20 2026  
 
TNZ098-210330-  
MARION TN-  
1007 PM CDT THU AUG 20 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT MARION COUNTY THROUGH 1030 PM  
CDT...  
 
AT 1007 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
KIMBALL, OR NEAR JASPER, MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND NICKEL 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...  
JASPER, SOUTH PITTSBURG, WHITWELL, KIMBALL, POWELLS CROSSROADS, ORME,  
MARTIN SPRINGS, HALETOWN (GUILD), HICKS GAP STATE PARK, AND  
SEQUATCHIE CAVE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3499 8580 3512 8585 3525 8549 3504 8541  
3500 8543 3498 8548  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0307Z 251DEG 7KT 3506 8574  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
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