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Severe Weather Statement

National Weather Service Morristown TN

232 AM EDT Sat May 17 2025



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Morgan TN-Loudon TN-Anderson TN-Knox TN-Roane TN-

232 AM EDT Sat May 17 2025



...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT

FOR SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN...NORTHEASTERN LOUDON...SOUTHWESTERN

ANDERSON...SOUTHWESTERN KNOX AND ROANE COUNTIES...



At 232 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line

extending from near Oak Ridge to near Midtown, 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...

Paint Rock, Coalfield, Bradbury, Pine Orchard, Lenoir City, Kingston,

Oakdale, Farragut, Rockwood, and Dearmond.



This includes the following highways...

 Interstate 40 in Tennessee between mile markers 341 and 375.

 Interstate 75 in Tennessee between mile markers 77 and 84.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM EDT for east

Tennessee.



For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a

building.



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LAT...LON 3589 8471 3590 8471 3590 8468 3599 8472

      3606 8437 3588 8410 3570 8456

TIME...MOT...LOC 0632Z 312DEG 23KT 3596 8433 3585 8459 



HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN

WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED

MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH



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