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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1212 PM EDT SAT SEP 5 2026
TNZ016-039>043-070-051700-
COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN-JEFFERSON TN-HAMBLEN TN-NORTHWEST GREENE TN-
NORTHWEST COCKE TN-SOUTHEAST GREENE TN-HAWKINS TN-
1212 PM EDT SAT SEP 5 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN HAWKINS
EASTERN
JEFFERSON...CENTRAL COCKE...SOUTHWESTERN GREENE AND HAMBLEN COUNTIES
THROUGH 100 PM EDT...
AT 1212 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
MORRISTOWN, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND PEA 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...
MORRISTOWN, NEWPORT, WHITE PINE, BANEBERRY, PARROTTSVILLE,
RUSSELLVILLE, MOSHEIM, BULLS GAP, CANEY BRANCH, AND CEDAR CREEK.
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.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO CLOSELY MONITOR FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3600 8278 3584 8327 3617 8341 3627 8329
3627 8328 3628 8328 3628 8327 3629 8326
3630 8326 3638 8317
TIME...MOT...LOC 1612Z 330DEG 12KT 3617 8321
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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