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

The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
South central Anderson County in east Tennessee…
Central Knox County in east Tennessee…
Northeastern Blount County in east Tennessee…
Northwestern Sevier County in east Tennessee…

* Until 600 PM EDT.

* At 511 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Knoxville,
moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include…
Knoxville, Sevierville, Alcoa, Farragut, Pigeon Forge, Louisville,
Rockford, Karns, Kimberlin Heights, and Wildwood.

This includes the following highways…
Interstate 40 in Tennessee between mile markers 369 and 409.
Interstate 75 in Tennessee between mile markers 108 and 111.

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 3587 8423 3588 8424 3604 8412 3602 8362
3599 8357 3575 8362
TIME…MOT…LOC 2111Z 276DEG 23KT 3595 8405

HAIL THREAT…RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE…0.75 IN
WIND THREAT…RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST…60 MPH