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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 5:39 AM May. 17, 2025 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Morgan County in east Tennessee... Claiborne County in east Tennessee... Anderson County in east Tennessee... Northeastern Knox County in east Tennessee... Southwestern Hancock County in east Tennessee... Campbell County in east Tennessee... Grainger County in east Tennessee... Southern Scott County in east Tennessee... Union County in east Tennessee... * Until 230 AM EDT. * At 139 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Fonde to near Jacksboro to 8 miles north of Wartburg, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Rugby, Howard Quarter, Arthur, Smokey Junction, Buffalo Springs, Cove Lake State Park, Royal Blue, White Oak, Joppa, and Halls. This includes Interstate 75 in Tennessee between mile markers 114 and 153. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM EDT for east Tennessee. && HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
Tornado Watch
Issued: 1:40 AM May. 17, 2025 – National Weather Service
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 271 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT /3 AM CDT/ SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN TENNESSEE THIS WATCH INCLUDES 26 COUNTIES IN EAST TENNESSEE ANDERSON BLEDSOE BLOUNT BRADLEY CAMPBELL CLAIBORNE GRAINGER HAMBLEN HAMILTON HANCOCK HAWKINS JEFFERSON KNOX LOUDON MARION MCMINN MEIGS MONROE MORGAN POLK RHEA ROANE SCOTT SEQUATCHIE SEVIER UNION IN VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA CITY OF NORTON LEE SCOTT WISE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALCOA, ALPHA, APPALACHIA, ARCHVILLE, ARTHUR, ATHENS, BEAN STATION, BEARDEN, BENTON, BIG SOUTH FORK NATIONAL, BIG SPRING, BIG STONE GAP, BRADBURY, BRAYTON, BULLET CREEK, CAGLE, CARTWRIGHT, CARYVILLE, CHATTANOOGA, CHESTNUT HILL, CLAIRFIELD, CLEAR WATER, CLEVELAND, CLINTON, COEBURN, CONASAUGA, DANDRIDGE, DAYTON, DENTVILLE, DUNLAP, EAGLE FURNACE, ELGIN, ELK VALLEY, ELKMONT, ETOWAH, EVANSTON, EVENSVILLE, FAIRVIEW, FINCASTLE, GRANDVIEW, HALETOWN (GUILD), HAPPY VALLEY, HARRIMAN, HARRISBURG, HARROGATE-SHAWANEE, HIGH POINT, HILTONS, HOWARD QUARTER, HUNTSVILLE, JASPER, JEFFERSON CITY, JELLICO, KINGSTON, KNOXVILLE, KODAK, KYLES FORD, LA FOLLETTE, LAKE FOREST, LENOIR CITY, LONE MOUNTAIN, LONE OAK, LOUDON, LUTTRELL, MADISONVILLE, MARTIN SPRINGS, MARYVILLE, MAYNARDVILLE, MCMAHAN, MELVINE, MONTEAGLE, MOORESBURG, MORRISTOWN, MOUNT CREST, NORMA, NORRIS LAKE, NORTON, OAK RIDGE, OLD CUMBERLAND, OLD WASHINGTON, OLIVER SPRINGS, ONEIDA, PALIO, PARDEE, PARKSVILLE, PAULETTE, PETROS, PIGEON FORGE, PIKEVILLE, PINE ORCHARD, POWELLS CROSSROADS, RELIANCE, ROCKWOOD, ROSE HILL, ROSE HILL, ROYAL BLUE, RUSSELLVILLE, SANDLICK, SEVIERVILLE, SEYMOUR, SHARPS CHAPEL, SLICK ROCK, SMOKEY JUNCTION, SNEEDVILLE, SOUTH PITTSBURG, SPRING CITY, SPRINGDALE, STRAWBERRY PLAINS, SWEETWATER, TASSO, TREADWAY, WHITE OAK, WHITE PINE, WHITWELL, AND WISE.
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