BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 259 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... BLOUNT COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... KNOX COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... MORGAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... EASTERN ROANE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 345 PM EDT * AT 258 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OLIVER SPRINGS...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF OAK RIDGE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... CLINTON...KNOXVILLE...KARNS...POWELL...BEARDEN...HALLS... MALONEYVILLE...LAKE FOREST...WILDWOOD AND MASCOT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND EAST TENNESSEE. && LAT...LON 3604 8443 3614 8439 3609 8371 3607 8370 3577 8387 TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 287DEG 35KT 3606 8430 $$ AMP.23
Posted on: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:03:12 +0000