BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Morristown TN
954 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Southern Rhea County in east Tennessee…
Northern Bradley County in east Tennessee…
Meigs County in east Tennessee…
East central Sequatchie County in east Tennessee…
Southwestern Bledsoe County in east Tennessee…
Northwestern Polk County in east Tennessee…
McMinn County in east Tennessee…
Northeastern Hamilton County in east Tennessee…

* Until 1100 PM EDT/1000 PM CDT/.

* At 953 PM EDT/853 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 10
miles west of Dayton, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD…70 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include…
Cleveland, Athens, Dayton, Dunlap, Pikeville, Decatur, Benton,
Soddy-Daisy, Etowah, and Charleston.

This includes Interstate 75 in Tennessee between mile markers 26 and
53.

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 midnight EDT/1100 PM CDT/ for
east Tennessee.

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LAT…LON 3536 8542 3562 8526 3551 8447 3548 8445
3511 8459
TIME…MOT…LOC 0153Z 278DEG 37KT 3544 8519

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT…CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT…RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE…1.50 IN
WIND THREAT…RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST…70 MPH