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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
148 PM EDT SAT SEP 5 2026
TNZ067-068-083>086-051845-
RHEA TN-NORTHWEST MONROE TN-ROANE TN-LOUDON TN-MEIGS TN-MCMINN TN-
148 PM EDT SAT SEP 5 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN RHEA
SOUTHWESTERN
LOUDON...NORTHEASTERN MEIGS...NORTHERN MCMINN...NORTHWESTERN MONROE
AND SOUTHWESTERN ROANE COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT...
AT 148 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER ROCKWOOD, MOVING 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...
KINGSTON, SWEETWATER, ROCKWOOD, LOUDON, DECATUR, FAIRVIEW, SPRING
CITY, MIDTOWN, HARRIMAN, AND NIOTA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
PERSONS IN CAMPGROUNDS SHOULD CONSIDER SEEKING STURDY SHELTER UNTIL
THIS STORM PASSES.
LAT...LON 3546 8485 3578 8490 3578 8488 3583 8480
3582 8478 3586 8473 3590 8471 3590 8468
3593 8465 3595 8458 3562 8428
TIME...MOT...LOC 1748Z 346DEG 15KT 3587 8467
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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