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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Morristown TN
1020 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Bradley County in east Tennessee...
  Southeastern Marion County in east Tennessee...
  Southern Hamilton County in east Tennessee...

* Until 1115 PM EDT/1015 PM CDT/.

* At 1019 PM EDT/919 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located near
  Jasper, 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, Jasper, Signal Mountain, Walden, Kimball, Ridgeside,
  Harrison, Red Bank, Collegedale, and East Brainerd.

This includes Interstate 75 in Tennessee between mile markers 1 and
18.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT/1100 PM CDT/ for
east Tennessee.

&&

LAT...LON 3499 8569 3509 8570 3521 8498 3499 8497
TIME...MOT...LOC 0219Z 260DEG 41KT 3502 8557

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