Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued by NWS Knoxville/Tri Cities, TN

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Morristown TN
457 PM EDT Sat Aug 15 2026

The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Cocke County in east Tennessee...
  Southwestern Greene County in east Tennessee...

* Until 545 PM EDT.

* At 457 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near
  Parrottsville, or 10 miles northeast of Newport, moving southeast
  at 20 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Parrottsville, Caney Branch, Bybee, Del Rio, and Cedar Creek.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3605 8324 3606 8324 3617 8312 3610 8281
      3588 8299
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 299DEG 17KT 3610 8312

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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