868  
WWUS84 KMRX 121919  
SPSMRX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN  
319 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2025  
 
TNZ085-086-122015-  
NORTHWEST MONROE TN-MCMINN TN-  
319 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2025  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT MCMINN AND WEST CENTRAL MONROE  
COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT...  
 
AT 319 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
CHARLESTON, OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATHENS, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15  
MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
ATHENS, SWEETWATER, MADISONVILLE, ETOWAH, ENGLEWOOD, NIOTA, CALHOUN,  
RICEVILLE, HILLSVIEW, AND CLEAR WATER.  
 
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 3538 8485 3564 8459 3563 8456 3564 8455  
3562 8453 3562 8454 3561 8454 3561 8452  
3560 8451 3547 8432 3527 8462 3527 8467  
3525 8468  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 222DEG 11KT 3536 8468  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
DH  
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