


Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued by NWS Knoxville/Tri Cities, TN
Issued by NWS Knoxville/Tri Cities, TN
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447 WUUS54 KMRX 162234 SVRMRX TNC129-162330- /O.NEW.KMRX.SV.W.0199.250816T2234Z-250816T2330Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Morristown TN 634 PM EDT Sat Aug 16 2025 The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Morgan County in east Tennessee... * Until 730 PM EDT. * At 634 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Wartburg, moving south at 10 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Public. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Wartburg, Sunbright, Oakdale, Coalfield, Pine Orchard, Frozen Head State Park, and Petros. 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 3598 8471 3622 8472 3626 8457 3623 8457 3623 8453 3622 8452 3604 8437 3599 8444 3597 8455 3595 8456 3595 8460 3593 8462 3593 8465 3591 8468 TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 338DEG 9KT 3618 8461 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ 19