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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1238 PM EDT SUN SEP 6 2026
TNZ044>047-061730-
WASHINGTON TN-NORTHWEST CARTER TN-SOUTHEAST CARTER TN-UNICOI TN-
1238 PM EDT SUN SEP 6 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON
UNICOI
AND SOUTHWESTERN CARTER COUNTIES THROUGH 130 PM EDT...
AT 1238 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER PINE CREST, OR NEAR ELIZABETHTON, MOVING SOUTH AT
30 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 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...
JOHNSON CITY, ELIZABETHTON, ERWIN, JONESBOROUGH, BANNER HILL,
CENTRAL, HAMPTON, MIDWAY, PINE CREST, AND UNICOI.
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.
PERSONS IN CAMPGROUNDS SHOULD CONSIDER SEEKING STURDY SHELTER UNTIL
THIS STORM PASSES.
LAT...LON 3611 8213 3615 8215 3614 8218 3616 8222
3613 8225 3613 8230 3612 8233 3612 8235
3609 8240 3601 8246 3600 8248 3633 8250
3640 8223 3610 8208
TIME...MOT...LOC 1638Z 342DEG 25KT 3627 8230
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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