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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
413 AM EDT Sun Apr 6 2025

NCZ060-TNZ072-074-087-101-102-060900-
Cherokee NC-Blount Smoky Mountains TN-West Polk TN-East Polk TN-
Sevier Smoky Mountains TN-Southeast Monroe TN-
413 AM EDT Sun Apr 6 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CHEROKEE...SOUTHEASTERN POLK...
SOUTHEASTERN BLOUNT...SOUTHEASTERN MONROE AND SOUTHEASTERN SEVIER
COUNTIES THROUGH 500 AM EDT...

At 413 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles northwest of Smoky Mountains-Twentymile
Creek to 11 miles west of Ducktown. Movement was east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
William L. Davenport Refuge, Coker Creek, Violet, Big Frog Mountain,
Turtletown, Copperhill, Hiawasse Dam, Marble, Culberson, and Citico.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 AM EDT for southwestern
North Carolina...and east Tennessee.

&&

LAT...LON 3499 8466 3560 8394 3571 8325 3565 8330
      3566 8335 3557 8349 3556 8377 3543 8400
      3535 8404 3524 8401 3522 8396 3526 8384
      3525 8378 3499 8409
TIME...MOT...LOC 0813Z 261DEG 28KT 3556 8392 3499 8459

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

JLB