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

TNZ016-017-042-044>046-172300-
HAWKINS TN-NORTHWEST CARTER TN-NORTHWEST GREENE TN-SULLIVAN TN-UNICOI
TN-WASHINGTON TN-
612 PM EDT FRI MAY 17 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GREENE...CARTER...HAWKINS...
WASHINGTON...UNICOI AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EDT...

AT 609 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM AROUND 8 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SURGOINSVILLE TO NEAR JOHNSON CITY...AND MOVING NORTH
AT 25 MPH.

SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...KINGSPORT...GRAY...
COLONIAL HEIGHTS...WATAUGA...FALL BRANCH...SULLIVAN GARDENS...BLUFF
CITY...CHURCH HILL...TRI-CITY AIRPORT...MOUNT CARMEL...OKOLONA...
BLOUNTVILLE AND BLOOMINGDALE.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR...MAY OCCUR WITH
THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER
ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT
DRIVE THROUGH WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND! DON`T DROWN!

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