Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Knoxville/Tri Cities, TN
Issued by NWS Knoxville/Tri Cities, TN
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836 WWUS54 KMRX 270731 SVSMRX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Morristown TN 331 AM EDT Mon May 27 2024 TNC025-057-093-173-270745- /O.CON.KMRX.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-240527T0745Z/ Claiborne TN-Knox TN-Union TN-Grainger TN- 331 AM EDT Mon May 27 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLAIBORNE...NORTHEASTERN KNOX...SOUTHEASTERN UNION AND WESTERN GRAINGER COUNTIES... At 330 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles northeast of Rutledge to near Knoxville, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Knoxville, Rutledge, Plainview, Strawberry Plains, Blaine, Luttrell, House Mountain State Park, Lone Mountain, Maloneyville, and Mascot. This includes Interstate 40 in Tennessee between mile markers 390 and 402. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 AM EDT for east Tennessee. Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. 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 3638 8343 3617 8357 3616 8360 3613 8361 3614 8364 3610 8363 3612 8367 3609 8366 3609 8371 3605 8367 3603 8367 3594 8373 3596 8393 3616 8378 3640 8362 TIME...MOT...LOC 0730Z 268DEG 29KT 3637 8347 3599 8392 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ 19