Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Knoxville/Tri Cities, TN
Issued by NWS Knoxville/Tri Cities, TN
956 WWUS84 KMRX 172158 SPSMRX Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Morristown TN 558 PM EDT Wed Jul 17 2024 TNZ040-041-071>074-087-172230- Cocke Smoky Mountains TN-Blount Smoky Mountains TN- Northwest Cocke TN-Sevier Smoky Mountains TN-Southeast Monroe TN- North Sevier TN-NW Blount TN- 558 PM EDT Wed Jul 17 2024 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN BLOUNT...SOUTHERN COCKE AND SOUTHERN SEVIER COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT... At 558 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 11 miles southwest of Newport to 12 miles west of Smoky Mountains-Twentymile Creek. Movement was east at 35 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea 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... Sevierville, Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, Smoky Mountains-Newfound Gap, Smoky Mountains-Twentymile Creek, Smoky Mountains-Fontana Area, Smoky Mountains-Balsam Mountain, Pittman Center, Townsend, and Wears Valley. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. && LAT...LON 3548 8408 3555 8402 3554 8408 3554 8409 3590 8337 3589 8290 3582 8294 3578 8302 3579 8308 3577 8316 3573 8319 3572 8325 3566 8330 3566 8335 3557 8349 3558 8361 3556 8377 3552 8383 3552 8388 3546 8395 TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 271DEG 28KT 3586 8336 3552 8407 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH $$ 27