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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
1034 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024


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Loudon TN-Knox TN-Blount TN-Monroe TN-Roane TN-
1034 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR LOUDON...SOUTHWESTERN KNOX...NORTHWESTERN BLOUNT...NORTHWESTERN
MONROE AND EAST CENTRAL ROANE COUNTIES...

At 1034 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Lenoir City,
moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
         tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
         roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Knoxville, Maryville, Lenoir City, Alcoa, Sweetwater, Loudon,
Farragut, Louisville, Rockford, and Eagleton Village.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 40 in Tennessee between mile markers 366 and 387.
 Interstate 75 in Tennessee between mile markers 61 and 84.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for east
Tennessee.

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

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LAT...LON 3561 8452 3561 8454 3562 8453 3563 8453
      3583 8441 3600 8395 3568 8383 3559 8452
TIME...MOT...LOC 0234Z 254DEG 30KT 3578 8425 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

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