Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Locations Affected

Knoxville, TN ∙ Halls Crossroads, TN ∙ Kodak, TN ∙ Concord, TN ∙ Neubert, TN ∙ Gatlinburg, TN ∙ Powell, TN ∙ Strawberry Plains, TN ∙ Solway, TN ∙ Wildwood, TN

Full Alert Message

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Morristown TN 309 PM EDT Tue Jul 30 2024 The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Anderson County in east Tennessee... Knox County in east Tennessee... Northeastern Blount County in east Tennessee... Southwestern Jefferson County in east Tennessee... Northwestern Sevier County in east Tennessee... * Until 415 PM EDT. * At 308 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Knoxville, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Knoxville, Oak Ridge, Sevierville, Clinton, Alcoa, Jefferson City, Gatlinburg, Dandridge, Farragut, and Pigeon Forge. This includes the following highways... Interstate 40 in Tennessee between mile markers 370 and 417. Interstate 75 in Tennessee between mile markers 108 and 117. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. 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. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3589 8426 3593 8428 3613 8421 3610 8369 3608 8366 3610 8367 3610 8342 3570 8351 TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 277DEG 20KT 3596 8402 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

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