Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Knoxville/Tri Cities, TN

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
240 PM EDT FRI MAY 17 2013

TNZ018-046-047-171945-
JOHNSON TN-NORTHWEST CARTER TN-SOUTHEAST CARTER TN-
240 PM EDT FRI MAY 17 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CARTER AND JOHNSON COUNTIES UNTIL
345 PM...

AT 236 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAMPTON...WHICH WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

IN ADDITION TO SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES PRIMARY KILLERS ASSOCIATED
WITH THUNDERSTORMS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE
CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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