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WWUS84 KMRX 240017
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
817 PM EDT WED SEP 23 2026
TNZ038-069-070-073-240100-
JEFFERSON TN-GRAINGER TN-KNOX TN-NORTH SEVIER TN-
817 PM EDT WED SEP 23 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EASTERN KNOX
NORTHWESTERN
JEFFERSON AND SOUTHWESTERN GRAINGER COUNTIES THROUGH 900 PM EDT...
AT 817 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW MARKET TO 6 MILES
NORTHEAST OF KNOXVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 20 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...
KNOXVILLE, SEVIERVILLE, NEW MARKET, STRAWBERRY PLAINS, BLAINE, HOUSE
MOUNTAIN STATE PARK, MALONEYVILLE, LAKE FOREST, MASCOT, AND JOPPA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3606 8392 3617 8374 3617 8372 3618 8372
3624 8361 3604 8354 3585 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 352DEG 18KT 3616 8366 3605 8388
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
DGS
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