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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1227 PM EDT SAT SEP 5 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
COCKE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
GREENE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
UNICOI COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHWESTERN CARTER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 115 PM EDT.
* AT 1227 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR JOHNSON CITY TO NEAR BANEBERRY, MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JOHNSON CITY, GREENEVILLE, ELIZABETHTON, NEWPORT, ERWIN, DANDRIDGE,
JONESBOROUGH, TUSCULUM, WHITE PINE, AND BANEBERRY.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 26 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 19 AND 54.
INTERSTATE 40 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 419 AND 451.
INTERSTATE 81 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 8.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
WIND DAMAGE WITH THESE STORMS WILL OCCUR BEFORE ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WIND, AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
ARE OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 3610 8208 3616 8221 3612 8235 3595 8256
3597 8261 3607 8264 3600 8278 3593 8281
3593 8292 3588 8290 3579 8296 3575 8317
3609 8346 3614 8328 3608 8323 3615 8322
3613 8318 3616 8318 3637 8235 3615 8202
TIME...MOT...LOC 1627Z 317DEG 13KT 3630 8238 3606 8332
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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