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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Morristown TN
859 PM EDT Mon Aug 14 2023

The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Bradley County in east Tennessee...
  Southwestern Meigs County in east Tennessee...
  Northern Polk County in east Tennessee...
  McMinn County in east Tennessee...
  Southwestern Monroe County in east Tennessee...

* Until 945 PM EDT.

* At 859 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Charleston,
  or 12 miles north of Cleveland, moving east at 45 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Cleveland, Athens, Benton, Etowah, Charleston, Englewood, Tellico
  Plains, Calhoun, Riceville, and Coker Creek.

This includes Interstate 75 in Tennessee between mile markers 28 and
47.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground
lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from
windows.

Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning
are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is
one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder,
you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3525 8497 3528 8494 3531 8497 3536 8498
      3546 8486 3544 8423 3523 8427 3522 8429
      3507 8431
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 278DEG 37KT 3535 8481 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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