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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
635 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

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LEE VA-SCOTT VA-WISE VA-
635 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LEE...CITY OF NORTON...WISE AND
SCOTT COUNTIES OF VIRGINIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES NORTH OF
HAZARD TO VIPER TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTH WALLINS IN EXTREME
EASTERN KENTUCKY...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...JONESVILLE...
NORTON...WISE...GATE CITY...PENNINGTON GAP...BIG STONE GAP...WEBER
CITY...ROSE HILL...ST. CHARLES...DRYDEN...PATTONSVILLE...PARDEE...
APPALACHIA...JASPER...DUFFIELD...POUND...CLINCHPORT...FORT
BLACKMORE...COEBURN AND DUNGANNON.

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

IN ADDITION TO SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. 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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TG