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

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

TNZ017-018-046-VAZ008-220145-
JOHNSON TN-NORTHWEST CARTER TN-SULLIVAN TN-WASHINGTON VA-
900 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE CITY OF BRISTOL VA AND
WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA...JOHNSON...CARTER AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES
UNTIL 945 PM EDT...

AT 853 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF BRISTOL TN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH. OTHER ISOLATED STRONG STORMS MAY LINGER OVER THE NORTHEAST
TIP OF TENNESSEE...AND ALSO TRACK NORTHEAST INTO A SMALL PART OF
SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST OF THESE LINGERING STORMS. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...BRISTOL
TN...BRISTOL VA...MOUNTAIN CITY...ABINGDON...DOEVILLE...SOUTH
HOLSTON DAM...NEVA...BENHAMS...TRADE...SHADY
VALLEY...HARR...HILANDER PARK...HOLSTON...LINDELL...EMORY-MEADOW
VIEW...DAMASCUS...GLADE SPRING...LAUREL BLOOMERY AND KONNAROCK.

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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