BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Morristown TN
545 PM EDT Fri Aug 16 2024

The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Northeastern Bradley County in east Tennessee…
Polk County in east Tennessee…
Southwestern McMinn County in east Tennessee…

* Until 645 PM EDT.

* At 545 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Charleston,
or near Cleveland, moving southeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include…
Cleveland, Benton, Ducktown, Charleston, East Cleveland, Calhoun,
William L. Davenport Refuge, Big Frog Mountain, Parksville, and
Turtletown.

This includes Interstate 75 in Tennessee between mile markers 26 and
35.

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 3499 8461 3516 8491 3532 8480 3517 8430
3510 8431 3499 8438
TIME…MOT…LOC 2145Z 296DEG 23KT 3521 8477

HAIL THREAT…RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE…0.88 IN
WIND THREAT…RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST…60 MPH