Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Knoxville/Tri Cities, TN
Issued by NWS Knoxville/Tri Cities, TN
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776 WWUS54 KMRX 090239 SVSMRX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Morristown TN 1039 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024 TNC011-065-115-090315- /O.CON.KMRX.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-240509T0315Z/ Bradley TN-Marion TN-Hamilton TN- 1039 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT/1015 PM CDT/ FOR SOUTHWESTERN BRADLEY...SOUTHEASTERN MARION AND SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTIES... At 1039 PM EDT/939 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located over Chattanooga, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include... Chattanooga, Signal Mountain, Walden, Ridgeside, Harrison, Red Bank, Collegedale, East Brainerd, Lookout Mountain, and Harrison Bay State Park. This includes Interstate 75 in Tennessee between mile markers 1 and 18. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT/1100 PM CDT/ 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. && LAT...LON 3499 8552 3513 8546 3521 8498 3499 8497 TIME...MOT...LOC 0239Z 260DEG 41KT 3506 8529 TORNADO...POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH $$ McD