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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Morristown TN
1045 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Cherokee County in southwestern North Carolina...
  Southeastern Polk County in east Tennessee...

* Until 1145 PM EDT.

* At 1045 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles south of
  Benton, moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
           tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
           roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Murphy, Ducktown, William L. Davenport Refuge, Big Frog Mountain,
  Hot House, Turtletown, Copperhill, Hiawasse Dam, Archville, and
  Culberson.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for southwestern
North Carolina...and east Tennessee.

&&

LAT...LON 3499 8461 3516 8456 3516 8387 3510 8389
      3505 8397 3502 8396 3499 8401
TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 260DEG 36KT 3507 8463

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

McD