Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued by NWS Knoxville/Tri Cities, TN

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
358 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MORGAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
  SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 356 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES EAST OF JAMESTOWN TO
  FAIRFIELD GLADE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ONEIDA...WARTBURG...HUNTSVILLE...HIGH POINT...DEERLODGE...RUGBY...
  BIG SOUTH FORK NATIONAL REFUGE...SUNBRIGHT...PINE ORCHARD...
  ELGIN...SLICK ROCK...WINFIELD...OAKDALE...NORMA...PETROS...KETCHEN
  AND SMOKEY JUNCTION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH PER
HOUR WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS...WHICH COULD CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3659 8427 3652 8426 3651 8433 3646 8435
      3638 8431 3639 8432 3628 8433 3626 8438
      3621 8438 3615 8445 3605 8434 3599 8444
      3591 8468 3599 8472 3616 8492 3620 8492
      3630 8487 3630 8481 3640 8467 3660 8479
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 246DEG 12KT 3643 8476 3601 8489

$$

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