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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1015 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2024
TNZ085-100-101-230245-
WEST POLK TN-BRADLEY TN-MCMINN TN-
1015 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2024
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL BRADLEY
NORTHERN
POLK AND SOUTHEASTERN MCMINN COUNTIES THROUGH 1045 PM EDT...
AT 1015 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
BENTON, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 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...
ATHENS, BENTON, ETOWAH, CHARLESTON, CALHOUN, RELIANCE, HIWASSEE OCOEE
STATE PARK, AND DENTVILLE.
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 3524 8480 3545 8456 3532 8444 3529 8450
3524 8437 3522 8439 3510 8465
TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 235DEG 12KT 3521 8464
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
JLB
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