161  
WWUS84 KMRX 210944  
SPSMRX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN  
544 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026  
 
TNZ014>016-038-VAZ001-211030-  
CLAIBORNE TN-HANCOCK TN-GRAINGER TN-HAWKINS TN-LEE VA-  
544 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN CLAIBORNE  
 
NORTHWESTERN HAWKINS...HANCOCK...NORTHEASTERN GRAINGER AND  
SOUTHWESTERN LEE COUNTIES THROUGH 630 AM EDT...  
 
AT 543 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM HARROGATE TO 6 MILES NORTH OF BEAN STATION.  
MOVEMENT WAS EAST 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...  
SNEEDVILLE, JONESVILLE, BEAN STATION, HARROGATE, HOWARD QUARTER,  
CUMBERLAND GAP, EVANSTON, ROSE HILL, TREADWAY, AND EWING.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3662 8297 3659 8298 3659 8293 3655 8285  
3635 8327 3659 8368 3661 8366 3667 8347  
3667 8342 3670 8335 3674 8320  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0943Z 248DEG 28KT 3659 8362 3642 8328  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
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