Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued by NWS Knoxville/Tri Cities, TN
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WUUS54 KMRX 132123
SVRMRX
NCC039-TNC011-139-132200-
/O.NEW.KMRX.SV.W.0098.130613T2123Z-130613T2200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
523 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...
BRADLEY COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
POLK COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 519 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BENTON...
AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
DUCKTOWN...ARCHVILLE...BIG FROG MOUNTAIN...COPPERHILL...HOT HOUSE
AND CULBERSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. 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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
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LAT...LON 3498 8495 3522 8476 3512 8439 3504 8396
3498 8401
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 304DEG 44KT 3509 8467
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