322  
WUUS54 KMRX 202243  
SVRMRX  
TNC001-093-202330-  
/O.NEW.KMRX.SV.W.0025.260520T2243Z-260520T2330Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN  
643 PM EDT WED MAY 20 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
KNOX COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
EAST CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
 
* UNTIL 730 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 639 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER KNOXVILLE,  
MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
KNOXVILLE, CLINTON, ALCOA, HALLS, MALONEYVILLE, LAKE FOREST,  
MASCOT, BEARDEN, POWELL, AND HOUSE MOUNTAIN STATE PARK.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 40 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 379 AND 401.  
INTERSTATE 75 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 108 AND 118.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO  
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3585 8391 3588 8395 3586 8398 3588 8400  
3587 8403 3586 8401 3586 8406 3614 8415  
3610 8369 3608 8367 3609 8371 3606 8369  
3605 8368 3588 8380 3585 8384  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 182DEG 13KT 3594 8393  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
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