542  
WWUS54 KMRX 212335  
SVSMRX  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN  
735 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026  
 
TNC105-107-121-123-145-220000-  
/O.CON.KMRX.SV.W.0157.000000T0000Z-260822T0000Z/  
LOUDON TN-MEIGS TN-MCMINN TN-MONROE TN-ROANE TN-  
735 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT  
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUDON...NORTHEASTERN MEIGS...NORTHEASTERN MCMINN...  
NORTHWESTERN MONROE AND SOUTHERN ROANE COUNTIES...  
 
AT 734 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF  
SWEETWATER, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
ATHENS, SWEETWATER, MADISONVILLE, NIOTA, CLEAR WATER, MURRAY STORE,  
AND TEN MILE.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 75 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 50 AND  
64.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3545 8475 3565 8476 3567 8466 3570 8454  
3554 8436  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 337DEG 17KT 3559 8460  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
KRS  
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