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

The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Southwestern Rhea County in east Tennessee…
Sequatchie County in east Tennessee…
Southwestern Bledsoe County in east Tennessee…
Northeastern Marion County in east Tennessee…
Central Hamilton County in east Tennessee…

* Until 1100 PM EDT/1000 PM CDT/.

* At 956 PM EDT/856 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located near
Gruetli-Laager, or 19 miles west of Dunlap, 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…
Chattanooga, Dunlap, Soddy-Daisy, Walden, Lakesite, Fairmount,
Harrison, Graysville, Cartwright, and Flat Top Mountain.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

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 3532 8557 3536 8551 3538 8549 3541 8549
3541 8551 3542 8551 3543 8554 3549 8554
3553 8560 3555 8546 3557 8542 3558 8504
3514 8510 3526 8570 3529 8571
TIME…MOT…LOC 0156Z 278DEG 36KT 3538 8574

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