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WWUS84 KMRX 191834
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
234 PM EDT SAT SEP 19 2026
TNZ082>085-099-191915-
RHEA TN-BLEDSOE TN-HAMILTON TN-MEIGS TN-MCMINN TN-
234 PM EDT SAT SEP 19 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT RHEA...EASTERN BLEDSOE
SOUTHWESTERN MEIGS...WEST CENTRAL MCMINN AND NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON
COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT/215 PM CDT/...
AT 234 PM EDT/134 PM CDT/, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR DAYTON, MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND HALF INCH 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...
DAYTON, DECATUR, SPRING CITY, GRAYSVILLE, HILLSVIEW, STINGING FORK
FALLS STATE PARK, PINEY FALLS STATE PARK, BIG SPRING, EVENSVILLE, AND
SALE 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.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3536 8523 3575 8515 3577 8504 3575 8503
3577 8494 3577 8493 3576 8492 3578 8490
3578 8488 3579 8487 3539 8474
TIME...MOT...LOC 1834Z 348DEG 6KT 3557 8501
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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