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WWUS84 KMRX 051711
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
111 PM EDT SAT SEP 5 2026
TNZ040>043-051800-
COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN-NORTHWEST GREENE TN-NORTHWEST COCKE TN-
SOUTHEAST GREENE TN-
111 PM EDT SAT SEP 5 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT COCKE AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENE
COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM EDT...
AT 111 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR TUSCULUM TO NEAR PARROTTSVILLE TO NEAR
DANDRIDGE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH 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...
NEWPORT, PARROTTSVILLE, DEL RIO, CEDAR CREEK, ROUND MOUNTAIN, COSBY,
HARTFORD, CAMP CREEK, AND MAX PATCH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
PERSONS IN CAMPGROUNDS SHOULD CONSIDER SEEKING STURDY SHELTER UNTIL
THESE STORMS PASS.
LAT...LON 3580 8329 3583 8326 3589 8332 3591 8329
3601 8328 3603 8302 3615 8267 3606 8264
3600 8278 3593 8281 3595 8288 3593 8292
3588 8290 3587 8292 3579 8296 3577 8299
3579 8308 3577 8316 3573 8320 3572 8327
TIME...MOT...LOC 1711Z 342DEG 14KT 3614 8276 3600 8302 3602 8336
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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