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WWUS84 KMRX 191947
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
347 PM EDT SAT SEP 19 2026
TNZ068-084-085-192030-
LOUDON TN-MEIGS TN-MCMINN TN-
347 PM EDT SAT SEP 19 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN LOUDON
NORTHEASTERN MEIGS AND CENTRAL MCMINN COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...
AT 346 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS 8 MILES WEST OF SWEETWATER, MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ATHENS, SWEETWATER, ENGLEWOOD, NIOTA, CLEAR WATER, MURRAY STORE, TEN
MILE, AND RICEVILLE.
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.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO CLOSELY MONITOR FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3539 8479 3567 8473 3567 8463 3564 8462
3565 8459 3566 8457 3567 8451 3565 8451
3564 8452 3562 8450 3562 8452 3559 8452
3558 8450 3555 8449 3539 8446
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 359DEG 9KT 3560 8463
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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