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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
634 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 2026
TNZ101-042315-
WEST POLK TN-
634 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL POLK COUNTY THROUGH
715 PM EDT...
AT 634 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS 8 MILES SOUTH OF ETOWAH, OR 10 MILES EAST OF BENTON,
MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 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...
HIWASSEE OCOEE STATE PARK, RELIANCE, AND ARCHVILLE.
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 3509 8459 3527 8466 3527 8445 3519 8441
3515 8446
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 083DEG 7KT 3522 8447
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
DGS
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