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Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Knoxville/Tri Cities, TN
Issued by NWS Knoxville/Tri Cities, TN
584 WWUS84 KMRX 171901 SPSMRX Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Morristown TN 301 PM EDT Wed Jul 17 2024 TNZ014-015-VAZ001-171945- Claiborne TN-Hancock TN-Lee VA- 301 PM EDT Wed Jul 17 2024 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN CLAIBORNE...HANCOCK AND SOUTHWESTERN LEE COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT... At 301 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Noetown, or over Middlesboro, moving east at 15 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Sneedville, New Tazewell, Tazewell, Harrogate, Howard Quarter, Cumberland Gap, Ewing, Evanston, Arthur, and Powell River Preserve. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. && LAT...LON 3641 8321 3640 8325 3639 8331 3642 8335 3641 8339 3642 8342 3641 8342 3652 8386 3659 8386 3658 8369 3662 8365 3667 8352 3667 8342 3670 8334 3674 8320 3674 8317 TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 270DEG 12KT 3662 8377 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH $$ McD