485  
WWUS84 KMRX 210833  
SPSMRX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN  
433 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026  
 
TNZ040-041-073-074-210930-  
COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN-NORTHWEST COCKE TN-  
SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN-NORTH SEVIER TN-  
433 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026  
 
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN COCKE AND EAST  
CENTRAL SEVIER COUNTIES THROUGH 530 AM EDT...  
 
AT 433 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG  
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR GATLINBURG, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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...  
SEVIERVILLE, NEWPORT, GATLINBURG, PITTMAN CENTER, COSBY, HARTFORD,  
FAIRGARDEN, AND GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3568 8340 3584 8350 3591 8333 3590 8331  
3590 8330 3593 8329 3601 8311 3583 8300  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0833Z 240DEG 21KT 3579 8340  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
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