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

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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
1111 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

TNC029-089-155-090400-
/O.CON.KMRX.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-240509T0400Z/
Jefferson TN-Cocke TN-Sevier TN-
1111 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON...COCKE AND NORTHEASTERN SEVIER
COUNTIES...

At 1111 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Newport,
moving east at 50 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Sevierville, Newport, Dandridge, Pigeon Forge, White Pine, Baneberry,
Parrottsville, Pittman Center, Del Rio, and Bird Crossing.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 40 in Tennessee between mile markers 419 and 451.
 Interstate 81 in Tennessee near mile marker 1.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3581 8365 3607 8340 3611 8325 3608 8323
      3610 8323 3611 8309 3595 8290 3593 8290
      3593 8292 3588 8290 3587 8292 3585 8292
      3579 8296 3577 8299 3579 8308 3577 8311
      3577 8316 3575 8317
TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 270DEG 42KT 3598 8326

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

JLB