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

The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Northeastern Blount County in east Tennessee…
Sevier County in east Tennessee…

* Until 645 PM EDT.

* At 538 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles west of
Pigeon Forge, or 9 miles southwest of Sevierville, moving southeast
at 40 mph.

HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include…
Sevierville, Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, Smoky Mountains-Newfound
Gap, Smoky Mountains-Fontana Area, Smoky Mountains-Balsam Mountain,
Pittman Center, Townsend, Walland, and Wildwood.

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 3558 8360 3557 8363 3557 8368 3578 8392
3593 8372 3580 8328 3574 8328 3571 8327
3571 8325 3569 8326 3566 8330 3566 8335
3562 8340 3561 8345 3557 8349 3556 8359
TIME…MOT…LOC 2138Z 296DEG 35KT 3579 8369

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