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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Morristown TN
701 AM EDT Thu May 9 2024

The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Cherokee County in southwestern North Carolina...
  Clay County in southwestern North Carolina...

* Until 745 AM EDT.

* At 701 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 14 miles southwest of Town Of Santeetlah to 11 miles
  west of Andrews to near Murphy to 8 miles northwest of Blairsville,
  moving east at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Andrews, Hayesville, Nantahala Lake, Shooting Creek, Tusquitee,
  Topton, Marble, and Brasstown.

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.

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

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 PM EDT for southwestern
North Carolina.

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LAT...LON 3499 8402 3513 8398 3525 8401 3523 8400
      3522 8396 3526 8384 3524 8374 3526 8371
      3523 8369 3520 8373 3519 8371 3517 8373
      3515 8373 3516 8365 3514 8366 3513 8362
      3504 8356 3502 8352 3501 8352 3500 8349
TIME...MOT...LOC 1101Z 271DEG 44KT 3528 8409 3515 8403 3504 8404 3497
8405

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

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