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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
814 PM EDT Thu May 23 2024

TNZ013>016-036>039-069-070-240115-
Anderson TN-Jefferson TN-Claiborne TN-Hamblen TN-Hancock TN-Union TN-
Campbell TN-Grainger TN-Knox TN-Hawkins TN-
814 PM EDT Thu May 23 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CLAIBORNE...WEST CENTRAL
HAWKINS...EAST CENTRAL ANDERSON...NORTHEASTERN KNOX...HANCOCK...
NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON...NORTHEASTERN CAMPBELL...UNION...GRAINGER AND
NORTHWESTERN HAMBLEN COUNTIES THROUGH 915 PM EDT...

At 814 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Lot to 12 miles east of La Follette to
near Maynardville to near Clinton. Movement was east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Morristown, Clinton, Jefferson City, Maynardville, Sneedville,
Rutledge, New Tazewell, Bean Station, Tazewell, and Plainview.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for
east Tennessee...and southwestern Virginia.

&&

LAT...LON 3649 8313 3639 8311 3613 8337 3606 8427
      3629 8391 3639 8393 3654 8414 3660 8356
      3660 8332
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 254DEG 25KT 3652 8405 3640 8391 3630 8388 3607
8423

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

DH