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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
1021 PM EDT Thu Aug 1 2024


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Blount TN-Jefferson TN-Cocke TN-Greene TN-Sevier TN-Hamblen TN-
1021 PM EDT Thu Aug 1 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN BLOUNT...JEFFERSON...WESTERN COCKE...WEST CENTRAL
GREENE...SEVIER AND SOUTHWESTERN HAMBLEN COUNTIES...

At 1021 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near White Pine to near Eagleton Village, moving east
at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Morristown, Maryville, Sevierville, Alcoa, Jefferson City, Newport,
Gatlinburg, Dandridge, Pigeon Forge, and Louisville.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 40 in Tennessee between mile markers 405 and 442.
 Interstate 81 in Tennessee between mile markers 1 and 9.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3574 8409 3576 8412 3579 8410 3585 8389
      3584 8385 3591 8376 3594 8369 3597 8365
      3600 8366 3617 8342 3611 8299 3566 8332
      3566 8335 3561 8342
TIME...MOT...LOC 0221Z 292DEG 20KT 3614 8335 3574 8389 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

DH